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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• Let our friendship be a caprice.
  就让我们的友谊算作一时遣兴吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• He acted not from reason, but from caprice.
  他不是凭理智，而是凭幻想来行动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。