Charles Darwin himself suspected the wind of being a fickle and inefficient messenger, and that view has largely held until this day.
至于查尔斯·达尔文本人，也觉得风是个三心二意、不讲效率的信使，直到今天，认同这个观点的还大有人在。
HOLLYWOOD's golden age may have ended in the 1950s, but it is only recently that Tinseltown appears to have hit upon a mathematical way to capitalise on our fickle attention spans.
好莱坞的黄金岁月也许在1950年代就结束了，但是直到最近他们才似乎不经意地使用了一种数学方法来利用我们易变的注意广度，即一个人能集中注意力于某一问题的时间。
The bankers, it was said, would take a longer view and be more understanding of downturns than the fickle stock - or debt-markets sought out by firms elsewhere.
据说银行家将从长计议并且相比无常的股票和外地公司寻找的债务市场而言他们对萧条更为理解。
It was supposed to become visible from the Northern Hemisphere, too, by last May, but like a fickle blind date, it stood up those awaiting it.
预计到去年五月，它同样能映入北半球人的眼帘。但正如变化无常的初次约会一样，它造就了一批苦苦守望的人。
A public Blackstone would have to learn to live with fickle small investors, who, unlike the current crop, could sell at the first sign of trouble.
做为上市公司，黑石集团必须学会如何和变化无常的小投资者打交道。与目前的投资者不同，如果公司出现任何麻烦的征兆，小投资者会在第一时间抛出股票。
The answer is clear: they are too loyal to a fickle tradition.
答案非常清楚：那就是他们对变幻无常的传统太忠诚。
A difficult problem could be good for a designer, but a fickle client or unreliable materials would not be.
一个困难的问题对一个设计者来说是好的，但是一个多变的客户和不可靠的材料不是。
Although they are likely to fall as a result of the slumping world economy, they may be less fickle than more publicised private-capital flows, such as equity and lending by foreign Banks.
尽管它们可能会随全球经济的急剧下滑而下降，但是它们不象一些诸如外国银行的股权和贷款那样的公私资本流那样变化莫测。
For the fickle British climate, things are a bit more complicated, but the base-rate still has a dramatic effect on the reliability of forecasts.
对英国变化无常的天气来说，情况就要复杂一些，但基础概率对天气预报的可靠性仍然有巨大的影响。
Users are a fickle bunch, and changing technologies will offer them new options in the future.
用户是经常发生变化的群体，不断变更的技术将在以后为他们提供新选项。
This would appear to give them a decisive advantage over Western Banks that rely on fickle borrowing markets to do business.
这似乎使新兴市场银行相对于依赖变幻莫测的拆借市场来做生意的西方银行具有决定性优势。
Not surprisingly, tourists are a fickle bunch.
不用奇怪，游客们是一撮易变的群体。
消费者往往十分善变。
Online players are a fickle bunch who move to new games quickly.
因为在线玩家都是一群易变的人，他们很快就会从一个游戏转到另一个游戏。
But in the qualifying matches the previous year, a triumph over Australia in Melbourne had brought unexpected problems, showing the fickle side of football.
但是在那前一年于墨尔本举行的一场世界杯预选赛中，伊朗队虽然取得了对澳大利亚队的胜利，却引发了一些未预料到的问题，这表现出了足球不稳定的一面。
Financial services are lucrative and provide a much more stable income than crops and fickle tourists.
金融服务更有利可图而且还能为当地带来大量的稳定收益，这些收益远远超过农业生产和开发旅游业。
A fickle monsoon sky disappoints farmers crossing the Bhima River on a Hindu pilgrimage to the city of Pandharpur.
农民们度过Bhima河前往班达普尔pandharpur，在印度教朝圣之旅途中的他们对变幻无常的天空感到失望。
Youngsters are also a fickle bunch, says Simon Levene of Accel Partners, a venture-capital firm.
风险资本公司AccelPartners的SimonLevene表示，年轻人也是一个善变的群体。
Two million downloads is impressive but loyalty is a fickle thing.
200万的下载量的确厉害，但忠诚度随时可能发生变化。
Be good, is a kind heart; Do good man is a fickle face.
做好人，靠的是一颗善良的心；做老好人靠的是一张善变的脸。
People are always changing, keep a constant moral commitment, but keep a fickle heart.
人老是变的，守住一个不变德承诺，却守不住一颗善变的心。
But it also highlights something that I think is important and that is: confidence is a very fickle thing.
但是它也强调了我认为重要的事情，那就是：信心是一种很易变的东西。
I knew that he was a fickle man, and one you could never rely on.
我知道他是个反复无常的人，你绝不能依赖他。
The inshore current can give a decent ride but, with the land close by, fickle winds affected by night and day temperatures can provide an unpredictable breeze.
沿海行驶还是离岸行驶？ 沿海的水流可以提供不错的动力，但是距离陆地较近，昼夜温差导致的变幻无常的风会带来不确定因素。
It is wise to express the idea that your interest in science persisted throughout your life and that it was not simply a fickle choice when your first option (becoming a pilot) fell through.
您非常聪明地在文中表达了这样一个信息：您对自然科学的兴趣自始至终贯穿着您的一生，而并不是当您的第一目标(当飞行员)失败后的无奈选择。
Even a modest earnings miss could have a big effect on the share price, since more of Apple's shareholders today are fickle traders.
由于苹果的许多股东都相当浮躁，即使在合理范围内的收益损失都会对其股价产生较大的影响。
Yet consumers are more fickle when buying skin cream than a patent-protected cancer drug.
不过消费者在买个皮肤霜时可比买专利抗癌药时要随心所欲得多。
Yet consumers are more fickle when buying skin cream than a patent-protected cancer drug.
不过消费者在买个皮肤霜时可比买专利抗癌药时要随心所欲得多。
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