caprice 详细解释

caprice

[kə'pri:s]

n.反复无常, 任性, 异想天开

n.

1. 多变; 反复无常; 怪念头[C][U]

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。

the caprices of the weather

天气的多变

2. 多变的倾向, 任性[U]

3. 【音】狂想曲, 随想曲[C]

词形变化

名词复数:caprices

词义辨析

同义:

n.反复无常; 任性

whim  fancy  fad  unreasonable desire  

同义参见:

prank  

英英释义

名词 caprice:

a sudden desire

同义词:impulse, whim

补充

capricecaprice英:[kəˈpri:s] 美:[kəˈpris]n.1.怪想, 狂想2.随想曲, 充满幻想力的作品

例句

1. He did what he wanted according to caprice.他做事情随心所欲。 2. I saw the same caprice in her parents.我在她父母身上看到了相同的任性倾向。 3. her caprices had made his life impossible.她的任性令他无法生活。 4. [mass noun]a land where men were ruled by law and not by caprice.一个人们受法律而非任性统治的地方。 5. the caprices of the weather天气的突变; 6. Employees have complained of being at the mercy of the manager's every whim and caprice.雇员们抱怨对经理的每一次突发奇想和反复无常都感到无能为力。 7. policy changes that seem to be motivated by nothing more than caprice似乎仅由突发奇想引起的政策变化