mercurial

英[mɜː'kjʊəriəl] 美[mɜːr'kjʊriəl]
  • adj. 善变的；活泼的；水银的；[天文]水星的
  • n. 水银剂
mercurially
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详细释义

Adjective:
  1. liable to sudden unpredictable change;

    "erratic behavior"
    "fickle weather"
    "mercurial twists of temperament"
    "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"

  2. relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury;

    "the Mercurial canals"

  3. relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury;

    "more than Mercurial thievishness"

  4. relating to or containing or caused by mercury;

    "mercurial preparations"
    "mercurial sore mouth"

双语例句

1. Emily's mercurial temperament made her difficult to live with.
埃米莉脾气反复无常，很难与她相处。

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2. He is a complicated man— moody, mercurial, with a melancholy streak.
他是一个性格复杂的人——喜怒无常，反复多变，有些忧郁寡欢。

来自辞典例句

3. Meanwhile, his mercurial character has only got more erratic.
同时, 喜乐无常的个性使小泽变得更加难以捉摸.

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4. Mercurial Stone can now be put into Gem Bags.
水银石现在能放置在宝石包中.

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5. Wealth and power can be fleeting, family bonds tenuous , status mercurial.
财富权力转眼成空, 家庭关系淡薄如纸, 名望地位飘忽不定.

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Our desires and aversions are mercurial rulers.
      我们的欲望与嫌恶是变化无常的统治者。
    2. He was of a mercurial temperament and therefore unpredictable.
      他是个反复无常的人,因此对他的行为无法预言。
    3. She has a mercurial turn of conversation.
      她谈话善转话锋。
    4. A mercurial barometer has a glass tube a little more than 30 inches long.
      水银气压表有一长30英寸多一点的玻璃管。

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【邻近词汇】

mercury merciless mercurials Mercuriali mercurially Mercurialis mercurialise mercuriality mercurialism mercurialize mercurialine mercurialized
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