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
- 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。 - 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。 - According to the Caprice of the mind.
追随心灵无常的遐想。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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； - To execute any caprice or order of her patients is her chiefest joy and reward.
执行病人的任何离奇想法或命令，是她的最重要的欢乐和酬劳。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。