fickle

adjective
🔊/ˈfɪkl/
🔊/ˈfɪkl/
(disapproving)
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  1. changing often and suddenly易变的;无常的
    • The weather here is notoriously fickle.这里的天气出了名的变化无常。🔊🔊
    • Such is life in the fickle world of fashion.这就是变幻莫测的时装界的生活。
    • The latest downturn in sales shows just what a fickle business this is.最近销售量的下降表明这个行业是多么不稳定。
    • the fickle finger of fate命运多变的手指
    • Always be properly dressed and prepared to cope with our fickle weather.始终穿着适当,并准备应付我们多变的天气。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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  2. (of a person) often changing their mind in an unreasonable way so that you cannot rely on them反复无常的
    • She had been a fickle friend, even at the best of times.即便是在最好的时候,她作为朋友也不太靠得住。
    • another example of his fickle behaviour他善变的举动的另一个例子
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    See full entry
  3. Word OriginOld English ficol ‘deceitful’, of Germanic origin.