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vagary 英 ['veɪgərɪ] 　美 [ˈveɡəri, vəˈɡɛri]

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vagary

n. 奇想；奇特行为　

名词复数:vagaries　

Is the current food crisis just another market vagary?　当前的粮食危机只是又一个市场异常行为吗？

The trial highlighted the issue as a major vagary of doing business in China.　对力拓管理人员的审判让人看到，这个问题是在中国经商的一个重大不确定因素。

A vagary is an unexpected and unpredictable change, and the word is usually used in the plural. You might know from experience that the vagaries of winter weather make planning a vacation in February a risky proposition.

1. Is the current food crisis just another market vagary?

当前的粮食危机只是又一个市场异常行为吗？
2. The trial highlighted the issue as a major vagary of doing business in China.

对力拓管理人员的审判让人看到，这个问题是在中国经商的一个重大不确定因素。
3. The building of this house in the shape of the temple was a rich man's vagary.

这个建筑物的格局以有钱人的奇想为形式。

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.