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
- 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He acted not from reason, but from caprice.
他不是凭理智，而是凭幻想来行动。 - 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。 - 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。