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
- 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。 - To execute any caprice or order of her patients is her chiefest joy and reward.
执行病人的任何离奇想法或命令,是她的最重要的欢乐和酬劳。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Something is the matter with you, caprice.
你真的有点问题,可普莉斯。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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;