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
- Whimsical i.determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice.
异想天开古怪念头或异想天开的所决定的。 - Even though I could gratify every caprice and lay my hands on every object of desire, I would not go into rapture, unless with you in my life.
除非生命中有你，否则，即使能恣意妄为，能染指任何想要的，我也不会快乐。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - The spectre showed a spectre's ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being;
幽灵显示出幽灵素有的反复无常，它偏偏不来！ - 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。 - 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。