mercurial

🇬🇧/mɜːˈkjʊəriəl/ 🇺🇸/mɜːrˈkjʊriəl/
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If you describe someone as mercurial, you mean that they frequently change their mind or mood without warning. 善变的

adjective [原级] 水银的;水星的;墨丘利神的;雄辩机智的;活泼善变的

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。

noun [专属名词] 汞剂;水银剂

In no sense mercurial, these great fortunes survived the financial panics that destroyed lesser ones. 这些巨大的财富绝不是反复无常的,它们在金融恐慌中幸存了下来。

后缀: al 【adjective】 表示具有某种性质的 - indicating pertaining to or characterized by 原词: mercurial 是通过后缀 【al】 构成的派生词
来自mercur (y) (水银) + ial → 水银的
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