vagary

英 ['ve?g(?)r?] 美

GRE暢通詞匯低頻詞

復(fù)數(shù):?vagaries;

vagary (n.): 1570s, "a wandering, a roaming journey," from Italian vagare or directly from Latin vagari "to wander, stroll about, roam, be unsettled, spread abroad," from vagus "roving, wandering" (see vague). The infinitive appears to have been adopted in English as a noun and conformed to nouns in -ary, "but this can hardly be explained except as an orig. university use" [Century Dictionary]. Current meaning of "eccentric notion or conduct" (1620s) is from notion of mental wandering. Related: Vagaries.

1. The style of vagary and ghastfulness and the sense of mystery are full of thestory of Allan.: 愛倫的小說風(fēng)格奇特恐怖,充滿了神秘感.

2. The building of this house in the shape of the temple was a rich man's vagary.: 這棟房屋廟宇式的外形,是一位富人的奇想.

3. The trial highlighted the issue as a major vagary of doing business in China.: 對力拓管理人員的審判讓人看到,這個問題是在中國經(jīng)商的一個重大不確定因素.