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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

        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • Her name is caprice and she's got shingles.
          她叫凯普莱斯,只不过是有疱疹。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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?
        • 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!
        • 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;