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
- 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。 - Something is the matter with you, caprice.
你真的有点问题,可普莉斯。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Her refusal to go to the party is a mere caprice.
她拒绝参加宴会完全是无理由的突发之举。 - 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。 - 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。