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

• 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。
• 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。
• The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic.
  工会指责威尔沙反复无常，不讲民主。
• We can't go camping while the weather is so capricious.
  天气如此变化莫测，我们无法去野营了。
• 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。
• Given to capricious or unstable behavior.
  古怪的用以指变化无常的或不稳定的行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our hearts are capricious: it's their only diversion and their only excuse.
  我们凭一时高兴而随心所欲，这是我们仅有的消遣和唯一的借口。
• But when people view power structures as capricious and dangerous, they tend to be fatalist.
  而当人们认为组织权力结构变化无常且充满危险时，他们更倾向于成为宿命论者。