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caprice

/kuh-prees/US // kəˈpris //UK // (kəˈpriːs) //

任性,任情,任性的,任意妄为

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
    • : a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality; capriciousness: With the caprice of a despotic king, he alternated between kindness and cruelty.
    • : Music. capriccio.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsudden change of behavior

Examples

  • Men's probable actions are calculated by the law of reason; but their performance is usually the result of caprice.

  • He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.

  • The entertainment upon such occasions, may vary with the taste of the hostess, or the caprice of her guests.

  • Now and then, from caprice, one was liberated; but the innocent and the guilty fell alike.

  • All this gave him hope, and he knew, that when caprice permitted, she would be unrivalled as a companion.