Life like chess is a fickle game.

生就像国际象棋一样，是一盘变化无常的游戏。

How fickle the universe can be.

世事无常了吧。

The mountains he loved so passionately were fickle, and demanded vigilance.

他钟爱那些天气变化莫测需要他打起十二分精神来攀登的山。

Mike Kutyba doesn't stay on the island when the weather is so fickle.

当天气如此变幻无常时，迈克·库提巴不会呆在岛上。

It’s in villages like these where common-sense has stood firm against the fickle winds of architectural whimsy.

在这样的村庄里，奇异妙想的建筑风格敌不过平凡常见的建筑。

Human behavior is very fickle, especially when it comes to food and beverage.

类的行为是非常善变的，其是在食物和饮料方面。

In much of the region rutted roads and fickle seas are a far bigger worry.

在东南亚大多数地方，坑洼的道路与变幻的海域远比飞行安全更让忧虑。

However, fortune is fickle, for masterpieces as for men.

然而，无论是杰作还是，其命运是变幻无常的。

You know, the street, as we know, Wall Street, whatever, venture capitalists, they're fickle.

你知道，华，我们都知道，不管怎样，风险资本家，他们是善变的。

But I would not describe a loose cannon as fickle.

但是我不会形容难以控制的反复无常。

High prices rarely benefit the small family farmers whose futures depend on the fickle fruit.

然而，高昂的价格很少福泽到那些要靠变化无常的香草果实维生的小农小户。

President Trump and Kim Jong Un's courtship has been nothing if not fickle.

特朗普总统和金正恩的关系一直反复无常。

Fate is fickle, after all, and baby names are subjected to the whims of fashion.

毕竟，命运变幻无常，婴儿的名字也受时尚潮流的影响。

But how is it to age in Hollywood's fickle climate?

但在好莱坞变幻莫测的环境里变老会怎样呢？

We could describe such people as changeable, uncertain or -- here's a good word -- fickle.

我们可以形容这些易变（changeable）、多变（uncertain），这里有一个很适合的词，反复无常（fickle）。

But that's the thing, as you said, happiness is fickle, or I would say it's fleeting.

但正如你所说，幸福是善变的，或者说它是短暂的。它转瞬即逝。

But I think Cameron is very aware, as I say, that public opinion can be fickle on this.

不过正如我所说，我认为卡梅伦很清楚在这种问题上公众意见经常变化无常。

Price is a creature of fickle sentiment, of greed and fear. Value, in contrast, depends on a firm's capabilities.

价格是变化无常的情绪的产物，或是贪婪或是恐惧。相反，价值取决于一家公司的能力。

That resilience means plants can grow more consistently, even when the weather is fickle.

这种弹性意味着植物可以更稳定地生长，即使天气变化无常。

Fickle people can be annoying but they are not usually dangerous.

善变的可能很烦，但他们通常并不危险。