[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]变化无常的;善变的 If you describe someone as fickle, you disapprove of them because they keep changing their mind about what they like or want.
[disapproval]
The group has been notoriously fickle in the past.
这伙人过去一直是出了名的善变。
fickleness
...the fickleness of businessmen and politicians.
商人和政客的反复无常
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无常的;靠不住的 If you say that something is fickle, you mean that it often changes and is unreliable.
Orta's weather can be fickle.
奥尔塔的天气变幻莫测。
Oxford
fickle/ˈfɪkl; NAmEˈfɪkl/adjective( disapproving) 1changing 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。◆the fickle world of fashion千变万化的时装界2(of a person 人)often changing their mind in an unreasonable way so that you cannot rely on them 反覆无常的◆a fickle friend靠不住的朋友▶fickle·ness/ˈfɪklnəs; NAmEˈfɪklnəs/noun[uncountable ]◆the fickleness of the English climate英国气候的变幻不定fickle/ˈfɪkl; NAmEˈfɪkl/fickle·ness/ˈfɪklnəs; NAmEˈfɪklnəs/
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ficklefick‧le /ˈfɪkəl/ adjective
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1someone who is fickle is always changing their mind about people or things that they like, so that you cannot depend on them – used to show disapprovalOPP faithful: an unpredictable and fickle lover2something such as weather that is fickle often changes suddenlyOPP reliable—fickleness noun [uncountable]: the fickleness of fame
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