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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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！ - 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。 - Something is the matter with you, caprice.
你真的有点问题，可普莉斯。 - He acted not from reason, but from caprice.
他不是凭理智，而是凭幻想来行动。