capricious

英[kə'prɪʃəs] 美[kə'prɪʃəs]
  • adj. 变化无常的；任性的
capriciously capriciousness
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星级词汇:

详细释义

Adjective:
  1. changeable;

    "a capricious summer breeze"
    "freakish weather"

  2. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason;

    "a capricious refusal"
    "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"
    "the victim of whimsical persecutions"

双语例句

1. The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic.
工会指责威尔沙反复无常，不讲民主。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind.
双方一直在为风向飘忽不定而苦恼。

来自柯林斯例句

3. We can't go camping while the weather is so capricious.
天气如此多变,我们不能出去宿营.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The aunt was a capricious woman, and governed her husband entirely.
这位舅母是一个反复无常的女人, 丈夫完全为她所驾驭.

来自辞典例句

5. It is the first time I have been told I am capricious.
这是我第一次被人说成出尔反尔.

来自辞典例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. He judged her to be capricious, and easily weary of the pleasure of the moment.
      他认为她是任性的，很容易对一时的快乐产生厌倦。

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【邻近词汇】

Capricorn caprice capriciously capriciousness capricious fate capricious power capricious adj. capricious appetite Capricious or whimsical. Capricious or peculiar behavior.
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