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
- 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。 - 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。 - Let our friendship be a caprice.
就让我们的友谊算作一时遣兴吧。 - Something is the matter with you, caprice.
你真的有点问题,可普莉斯。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - 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。 - 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。 - The Baron might possibly have perceived it, but, attributing it to a caprice, feigned ignorance.
男爵或许也觉察到她那种态度,但他认为这只是他女儿的怪僻,假装不知道。