英语词汇“vagary”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

vagary

/ˈveɪɡ(ə)ri

noun (plural vagaries) (usually vagaries)

An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behaviour: the vagaries of the weather...

We have always felt somewhat vulnerable to the vagaries of political change.
The problem is that security in old age depends increasingly on the vagaries of the stock market.
And even then the tournament fell victim to the vagaries of the British weather when the final was rained off for three days.

Synonyms

quirk, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity, unpredictability, fluctuation, foible, whim, whimsy, notion, conceit, caprice, fancy, kink, crotchet

informal hang-up, thing

rare megrim, singularity

Origin

Late 16th century (also as a verb in the sense 'roam'): from Latin vagari 'wander'.

单词	vagary
释义	vagary /ˈveɪɡ(ə)ri / noun (plural vagaries) (usually vagaries) An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behaviour: the vagaries of the weather... We have always felt somewhat vulnerable to the vagaries of political change. The problem is that security in old age depends increasingly on the vagaries of the stock market. And even then the tournament fell victim to the vagaries of the British weather when the final was rained off for three days. Synonyms quirk, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity, unpredictability, fluctuation, foible, whim, whimsy, notion, conceit, caprice, fancy, kink, crotchet informal hang-up, thing rare megrim, singularity Origin Late 16th century (also as a verb in the sense 'roam'): from Latin vagari 'wander'.
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