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
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 - 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.- 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。
- I lived in terror of her sudden caprices and moods.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- He acted not from reason, but from caprice.
他不是凭理智，而是凭幻想来行动。 - A hailstorm in July is a caprice of nature.
七月天的一场冰雹是大自然的反复无常的变化。 - The individual= s ends will change as he learns from other people; they may also change out of sheer caprice.
人的目的会受他人的影响而改变，也可能干脆反复无常。 - Her refusal to go to the party is a mere caprice.
她拒绝参加宴会完全是无理由的突发之举。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Don't be in awe of its caprice, though sometimes it comes and goes unseen.
不要敬畏它的无常，虽然有时它来去无踪； - 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。