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源自拉丁语 vagari(漫游、徘徊),17世纪通过法语 vagaries 进入英语,原指‘任性的行为’,后引申为‘不可预测的变化’。
❶ 指难以预测或解释的异常行为或变化,通常用于描述天气、情绪、市场等不可控因素的突然波动。
“The vagaries of the stock market make it hard to predict.”
(股市的变幻莫测让人难以预测。)
“Farmers must cope with the vagaries of the weather.”
(农民必须应对天气的反复无常。)
vagaries of fate — 指命运难以预测的变化或转折,强调人生际遇的不可控性。
“He learned to accept the vagaries of fate with calmness.”
(他学会了平静接受命运的变幻无常。)