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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

        • 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。
        • 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。
        • Something is the matter with you, caprice.
          你真的有点问题,可普莉斯。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • He acted not from reason, but from caprice.
          他不是凭理智,而是凭幻想来行动。
        • 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;
        • Even though I could gratify every caprice and lay my hands on every object of desire, I would not go into rapture, unless with you in my life.
          除非生命中有你,否则,即使能恣意妄为,能染指任何想要的,我也不会快乐。
        • 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。