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caprice

英 [kəˈpriːs]

美 [kəˈpriːs]

n.  (态度或行为的)无缘无故突变; 任性; 反复无常; 善变

复数:caprices 第三人称单数:caprices 

GRETEM8

BNC.34007 / COCA.26827

牛津词典

    noun

    • (态度或行为的)无缘无故突变,反复无常;任性
      a sudden change in attitude or behaviour for no obvious reason
      1. 反复无常;善变
        the tendency to change your mind suddenly or behave unexpectedly

        柯林斯词典

        • N-VAR 任性;反复无常;善变
          Acapriceis an unexpected action or decision which has no strong reason or purpose.
          1. I lived in terror of her sudden caprices and moods.
            她的任性妄为和喜怒无常让我整天提心吊胆。

        英英释义

        noun

        • a sudden desire
          1. he bought it on an impulse
          Synonym:impulsewhim

        双语例句

        • Because of a history of sanctions and the caprice of their leadership, Libyans and Iraqis alike have benefitted little from their country's oil wealth.
          因为长期遭受制裁,领导人反复无常,利比亚人和伊拉克人一样,从国家的石油财富中获利甚少。
        • And my flawed characters, such as caprice, fickleness and vanity, were the mistakes made by innocence.
          我的缺陷特征,如任性,浮躁与虚荣,是错误的清白。
        • Is it mere caprice, or is there some reason behind the choice?
          这样的选择仅仅是神的怪想,还是在其背后有某种道理?
        • This wasn't a love that depended on chance or caprice, but a love as mighty and eternal as the universe itself.
          这不是依赖机会或反复无常的爱,这爱跟宇宙本身一样巨大和永恒。
        • Whimsical i.determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice.
          异想天开古怪念头或异想天开的所决定的。
        • Once passed, cannot be changed or varied according to the whim or caprice of any officer, board or individual.
          一旦通过,就不能由于任何官员,委员会或个人的一时兴致或反复无常而变更或修改。
        • Before the establishment of labor unions, a worker could be discharged at the caprice of any manager.
          在工会组织建立以前,一个工人可能因任何一个经理人员的一时兴起而被解雇。
        • In a condition of merely agricultural industry, caprice and slavery, superstition and ignorance, want of means of culture, of trade, and of transport, poverty and political weakness exist.
          国家处于纯农业阶段时,国内情况是任性与奴役、迷信与无知,在文化、贸易、运输各方面都感到缺乏,贫困和政治上的衰弱是它们的特点。
        • To execute any caprice or order of her patients is her chiefest joy and reward.
          执行病人的任何离奇想法或命令,是她的最重要的欢乐和酬劳。
        • The spectre showed a spectre's ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being;
          幽灵显示出幽灵素有的反复无常,它偏偏不来!