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。 - 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。 - According to the Caprice of the mind.
追随心灵无常的遐想。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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； - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。