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

• According to the Caprice of the mind.
  追随心灵无常的遐想。
• Her name is caprice and she's got shingles.
  她叫凯普莱斯，只不过是有疱疹。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Let our friendship be a caprice.
  就让我们的友谊算作一时遣兴吧。
• 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。
• 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！