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
- 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。 - 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? - 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。 - 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。 - Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the Fates, and I do not for a moment suppose that everyone here has enjoyed an existence of unruffled privilege and contentment.
拥有才华和智慧,从来不会使人对命运的反复无常有所准备;我也不会假设大家坐在这里冷静地满足于自身的优越感。 - 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。 - 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! - 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。 - His lack of money was the result of caprice in spending on unnecessary.
他经济上的窘迫是因为他肆意的把钱花在一些没有必要的东西上。 - 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;
