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
- 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? - For He Who is the fullness of all things and Who possesses all that He will, wills nothing by caprice.
对于充满万物的和按他的意志支配万物的上帝,由于诸行无常意志不复存在。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the Fates, and I do not for a moment suppose that everyone here has enjoyed an existence of unruffled privilege and contentment.
拥有才华和智慧,从来不会使人对命运的反复无常有所准备;我也不会假设大家坐在这里冷静地满足于自身的优越感。 - He acted not from reason, but from caprice.
他不是凭理智,而是凭幻想来行动。 - Eg. her decision to wear only black clothes was pure caprice.
她决定只穿黑衣服完全是忽发奇想。 - 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。 - Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice.
基于或者受制于个人的判断或者喜好,有时甚至是冲动或者任性。
