fickle

気まぐれな、移り気な

考えや気持ち、支持する相手がよく変わり、当てにできない。

やさしい英語で： Often changing your mind, feelings, or support, so others cannot rely on you.

• He is a fickle friend.
• Fickle fans soon stopped supporting the team.
• The candidate struggled to win over fickle voters.

類義語： unreliable, inconstant, changeable

反対語： loyal, steadfast

よく使う表現： fickle friend, fickle voters, fickle public

変わりやすい、不安定な

しょっちゅう変わり、その変化を予測しにくい。

やさしい英語で： Changing often and in ways that are difficult to predict.

• The weather is fickle here.
• A fickle breeze kept changing direction.
• Farmers must cope with fickle growing conditions.

類義語： changeable, unpredictable, variable

反対語： stable, constant

よく使う表現： fickle weather, fickle wind, fickle fortunes