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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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！
• He acted not from reason, but from caprice.
  他不是凭理智，而是凭幻想来行动。
• 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；
• Let our friendship be a caprice.
  就让我们的友谊算作一时遣兴吧。
• Her name is caprice and she's got shingles.
  她叫凯普莱斯，只不过是有疱疹。
• 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。