capricious

英 [kəˈprɪʃəs]

美 [kəˈprɪʃəs]

adj.  (态度或行为)反复无常的; 任性的; 变化无常的; 变幻莫测的; 多变的

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BNC.18863 / COCA.17285

牛津词典

adj.

• （态度或行为）反复无常的；任性的
  showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour
• 变化无常的；变幻莫测的；多变的
  changing suddenly and quickly
  1. a capricious climate
     变化无常的气候

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 反复无常的;善变的
  Someone who iscapriciousoften changes their mind unexpectedly.
  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。
  2. ...capricious and often brutal leaders.
     任意妄为且残忍成性的领导人
• ADJ-GRADED 变幻莫测的;变幻无常的
  Something that iscapriciousoften changes unexpectedly.
  1. Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind.
     双方一直在为风向飘忽不定而苦恼。
  2. ...a theatre with notoriously capricious acoustics.
     音响效果时好时坏、饱受诟病的剧院

英英释义

adj

• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
  1. a capricious refusal
  2. authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
  3. the victim of whimsical persecutions
  Synonym:impulsivewhimsical
• changeable
  1. a capricious summer breeze
  2. freakish weather
  Synonym:freakish

双语例句

• Thus, under Marsh, the agency must demonstrate that its decision was not arbitrary or capricious.
  因此，在马什一案中，机构必须证明它的决议不是武断而多变的。
• Even Second Life can be capricious about property.
  即便是《第二生命》，在财产方面也会反复无常。
• Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind.
  双方一直在为风向飘忽不定而苦恼。
• He was a cruel and capricious tyrant.
  他是个残忍而变幻无常的暴君。
• But sometimes power seems capricious and harmful; panic-stricken governments suddenly do unpredictable, negative things.
  但有些时候权力显得变化无常而又有害。陷入恐慌情绪的政府会突然采取出人意料并有负面影响的举措。
• Investors complain that China's system is capricious, for instance.
  例如，投资者们抱怨，中国的制度反复无常。
• Humans erect cities to shelter themselves from nature's capricious ways.
  人类建造城市在反复无常的大自然中庇护自己。
• The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic.
  工会指责威尔沙反复无常，不讲民主。
• You don't remember how I came to your the world how blatant nonsense capricious defiant.
  你不会记得我是怎样来过你的世界怎样的喧嚣胡闹任性跋扈。
• I like to play at being capricious.
  我喜欢假装得很善变。