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
• 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

• According to the Caprice of the mind.
  追随心灵无常的遐想。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• Let our friendship be a caprice.
  就让我们的友谊算作一时遣兴吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。