mercurial

英 [mɜːˈkjʊəriəl]

美 [mɜːrˈkjʊriəl]

adj.  多变的; 变幻莫测的; 活泼的; 机智的; 含水银的; 水银的

复数：mercurials　

GRE

BNC.19853 / COCA.21807

牛津词典

adj.

• 多变的；变幻莫测的
  often changing or reacting in a way that is unexpected
  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。
• 活泼的；机智的
  lively and quick
  1. a brilliant, mercurial mind
     敏捷而富有才智的头脑
• 含水银的；水银的
  containing mercury

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 善变的;变化无常的;难以预测的
  If you describe someone asmercurial, you mean that they frequently change their mind or mood without warning.
  1. ...his mercurial temperament.
     他那反复无常的脾气

英英释义

adj

• liable to sudden unpredictable change
  1. erratic behavior
  2. fickle weather
  3. mercurial twists of temperament
  4. a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
  Synonym:erraticficklequicksilver(a)
• relating to or containing or caused by mercury
  1. mercurial preparations
  2. mercurial sore mouth

双语例句

• Specifying one or more file names as arguments explicitly adds those files to the list of files that are being tracked by Mercurial.
  作为参数显式地指定一个或多个文件名，就会把这些文件添加到存储库跟踪的文件列表中。
• Their attitudes embody the extremes of nature, mercurial and intense.
  它们的形态包含了全部自然天性、活泼和有力量的一切。
• JetBrains also improved the experience for developers using distributed version control systems like Git or Mercurial.
  JetBrains还通过分布式版本控制系统（如Git或Mercurial）改进了开发者的体验。
• Due to the mercurial world nowadays, there is an intensifying competition in every field.
  在现今这瞬息万变的世界里，每个行业的竞争都在加剧。
• When you commit changes, Mercurial starts your default editor to enable you to add a commit message.
  当提交更改时，Mercurial启动默认编辑器，让您能够添加提交消息。
• If this is your first Mercurial project, you must provide some basic information so that Mercurial can identify the user who is committing those changes.
  如果这是您的第一个Mercurial项目，那么必须提供一些基本信息，让Mercurial能够识别提交这些更改的用户。
• We're all aware of how mercurial he can be.
  我们也非常清楚他有多聪明。
• Sometimes he's adultly, and sometimes mercurial, do you konw which is the real him?
  他有时老成稳重，有时活泼可爱，你知道哪个才是真实的他么？
• Conceivably, the mercurial Mr Kim might suddenly try to ditch China and re-embrace South Korea.
  可以想象，一向多变的金正恩或许会突然试图抛弃中国、向韩国重新示好。
• A mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark.
  作为防腐剂使用的水银剂的混合物；Mercurchrome是商标。