mercurial

adj.

1. 多变的；变幻莫测的
   often changing or reacting in a way that is unexpected
   1. Emily's mercurial temperament made her difficult to live with.
      埃米莉脾气反复无常，很难与她相处。
2. 活泼的；机智的
   lively and quick
   1. a brilliant, mercurial mind
      敏捷而富有才智的头脑
3. 含水银的；水银的
   containing mercury

1. ADJ-GRADED 善变的;变化无常的;难以预测的
   If you describe someone as mercurial, you mean that they frequently change their mind or mood without warning.
   1. ...his mercurial temperament.
      他那反复无常的脾气

1. Not only did Ashton get the many looks of Steve brown beard, no beard, gray beard, etc but also the mercurial and often maniacal mannerisms.
   艾什顿不仅模仿了史蒂夫的外表棕色胡子、没有胡子、灰色胡子等等也抓住了史蒂夫的机智多变，以及有些疯狂的怪癖。
2. Due to the mercurial world nowadays, there is an intensifying competition in every field.
   在现今这瞬息万变的世界里，每个行业的竞争都在加剧。
3. Projects within the ODF Toolkit Union use the open source Mercurial tool for source-code management.
   ODFToolkitUnion中的项目使用开放源码的Mercurial工具进行源代码管理。
4. When you commit changes, Mercurial starts your default editor to enable you to add a commit message.
   当提交更改时，Mercurial启动默认编辑器，让您能够添加提交消息。
5. For Mercurial, a popular free and paid hosting site is Bitbucket.
   对于Mercurial，流行的免费和付费托管站点是Bitbucket。
6. Mercurial and other distributed source code management systems are the wave of the future.
   Mercurial和其他分布式源代码管理系统是未来的潮流。
7. If this is your first Mercurial project, you must provide some basic information so that Mercurial can identify the user who is committing those changes.
   如果这是您的第一个Mercurial项目，那么必须提供一些基本信息，让Mercurial能够识别提交这些更改的用户。
8. History preservation during copy/ move operations: Mercurial's copy and move commands both preserve complete history information, while Git does not preserve history in either case.
   在复制/移动操作期间保存历史：Mercurial的copy和move命令都保存完整的历史信息，而Git在这两种情况下不保存历史。
9. Tip: To add automatically all new files and mark any files that have been removed for permanent removal, you can use Mercurial's handy hg addremove command.
   提示：要想自动地添加所有新文件并且把已经删除的所有文件标为永久删除，可以使用Mercurial的hgaddremove命令。
10. The latter is handy when creating a Mercurial repository for an existing codebase.
    在为现有的代码库创建Mercurial存储库时，后一种做法很方便。
11. This article described the value distributed version control can offer you and some of the differences between the three main options, Git, Mercurial and Bazaar.
    本文讨论了分布式版本控制能够提供的价值，比较了三种主流工具Git、Mercurial和Bazaar之间的差异。
12. This file is your personal Mercurial configuration file.
    这个文件是您的个人Mercurial配置文件。
13. Mercurial and Git fans are also happy to discuss the learning curve, merits, and usability of each VCS system's command set.
    Mercurial和Git的支持者还希望讨论这两个VCS系统的命令集的学习难度、优点和易用性。
14. Mercurial comes with a utility to mirror changes back and forth between svn.
    Mercurial附带一个实用程序，可以在svn之间来回复制更改。
15. Specifying one or more file names as arguments explicitly adds those files to the list of files that are being tracked by Mercurial.
    作为参数显式地指定一个或多个文件名，就会把这些文件添加到存储库跟踪的文件列表中。
16. This short list displays only basic Mercurial commands.
    这个简短的列表只显示基本的Mercurial命令。
17. JetBrains also improved the experience for developers using distributed version control systems like Git or Mercurial.
    JetBrains还通过分布式版本控制系统（如Git或Mercurial）改进了开发者的体验。
18. A mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark.
    作为防腐剂使用的水银剂的混合物；Mercurchrome是商标。
19. Few people can stand Michael's mercurial personality, so he does not have many friends.
    很少有人能忍受迈克尔多变的性格，所以他的朋友不多。
20. He is a complicated man-moody, mercurial, with a melancholy streak.
    他是一个性格复杂的人喜怒无常、复多变、些忧郁寡欢。
21. Their attitudes embody the extremes of nature, mercurial and intense.
    它们的形态包含了全部自然天性、活泼和有力量的一切。
22. He is the man who seeks to reconcile the demands of a mercurial seller with those of an investment committee and compliance team in New York.
    在善变的卖方与纽约投资委员会和合规团队之间，他是协调双方要求的人。
23. He was again at his mercurial best when Bolton came to Old Trafford.
    在主场战胜博尔顿的比赛中他也有很好的表现。
24. You're a mercurial man John.
    约翰你是个善变的男人。
25. Each channel has its own Mercurial repository.
    每个通道都有自己的Mercurial仓库。
26. The guests enjoyed his mercurial gaiety.
    客人们喜欢他那活泼开朗的性格。
27. Sometimes he's adultly, and sometimes mercurial, do you konw which is the real him?
    他有时老成稳重，有时活泼可爱，你知道哪个才是真实的他么？
28. Conceivably, the mercurial Mr Kim might suddenly try to ditch China and re-embrace South Korea.
    可以想象，一向多变的金正恩或许会突然试图抛弃中国、向韩国重新示好。
29. We're all aware of how mercurial he can be.
    我们也非常清楚他有多聪明。
30. You might have to tolerate the whims of a mercurial tycoon but you will observe first-hand how to do it.
    你可能不得不忍受一个多变大佬的突发奇想，但你会获得关于如何做的第一手观察。

adj

1. liable to sudden unpredictable change
   1. erratic behavior
   2. fickle weather
   3. mercurial twists of temperament
   4. a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next

   Synonym:    erraticficklequicksilver(a)

2. relating to or containing or caused by mercury
   1. mercurial preparations
   2. mercurial sore mouth