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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

        • 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。
        • 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!
        • According to the Caprice of the mind.
          追随心灵无常的遐想。
        • He acted not from reason, but from caprice.
          他不是凭理智,而是凭幻想来行动。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • The Baron might possibly have perceived it, but, attributing it to a caprice, feigned ignorance.
          男爵或许也觉察到她那种态度,但他认为这只是他女儿的怪僻,假装不知道。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。