vagaries
noun /ˈveɪɡəriz/
/ˈveɪɡəriz/
[plural] (formal)- changes in somebody/something that are difficult to predict or control
奇思遐想；游移不定；变幻莫测 - All farmers are exposed to the vagaries of the weather.
所有农民都会受到变幻莫测的天气影响。 - Their wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market.
他们的财富随着股票市场的变化而波动。
词源late 16th cent. (also as a verb in the sense ‘roam’): from Latin vagari ‘wander’. - All farmers are exposed to the vagaries of the weather.