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。
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。
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。
Students in school, not only cultural knowledge is more important is how a man, how to develop good habits, and how to adapt to fickle society.
学生在学校学的，不仅是文化知识，更重要的是如何做人，如何养成良好的生活习惯，以及如何去适应外界善变的社会。
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。
But collective thinking is usually shot-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.
但是集体思维通常都很短命。人类是多变、愚蠢而健忘的动物，在自我毁灭方面倒是才智出众。
People hypocrisy fickle, the second is no longer a second, we must learn to get accustomed to the reality.
人都会虚伪善变，这一秒已不再是这一秒，我们都要学着习惯现实。
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。
Is not a man have a fickle heart, is not a man's heart is very cruel.
是不是男人都有一颗善变的心，是不是男人的心很残忍。
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。
When fickle, Jabba would send his prize possessions to a ghastly end.
每当情绪反复无常时，贾巴就将这些珍贵财产推向可怕的末日。
A woman got the first thing is magic is to make yourself become beautiful women like beauty also fickle, and racking my brains to think of how is getting more beautiful.
女人得到魔法的第一件是就是把自己变漂亮，女人爱美也善变，绞尽脑汁想着如何愈变愈美。
The Moon child is far too moody and sensitive for your fickle ways. You are not a homebody like the Crab. You have totally different interests.
双子座和巨蟹座：这个受月亮保护的孩子相对于你的轻浮善变来说过于喜怒无常，多愁善感。你不像他们那样家庭至上。你们有着完全不同的兴趣爱好。
The Moon child is far too moody and sensitive for your fickle ways. You are not a homebody like the Crab. You have totally different interests.
双子座和巨蟹座：这个受月亮保护的孩子相对于你的轻浮善变来说过于喜怒无常，多愁善感。你不像他们那样家庭至上。你们有着完全不同的兴趣爱好。
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