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
- 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。 - 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 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！ - 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。 - Let our friendship be a caprice.
就让我们的友谊算作一时遣兴吧。 - 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。 - If his own vanity, however, did not mislead him, he was the cause, his pride and caprice were the cause, of all that Jane had suffered, and still continued to suffer.
如果彬格莱先生本来并没有给虚荣心冲昏头脑，那么，吉英目前所受的种种痛苦，以及将来还要受下去的痛苦，都得归罪于他，归罪于他的傲慢和任性。 - 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。 - His lack of money was the result of caprice in spending on unnecessary.
他经济上的窘迫是因为他肆意的把钱花在一些没有必要的东西上。 - 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？