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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her name is caprice and she's got shingles.
  她叫凯普莱斯，只不过是有疱疹。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。