caprice / kəˈpris /

⚽高中词汇任性任情任性的任意妄为

caprice 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
  2. 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.
  3. Music. capriccio.

caprice 近义词

n. 名词 noun

sudden change of behavior

更多caprice例句

  1. Men's probable actions are calculated by the law of reason; but their performance is usually the result of caprice.
  2. He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.
  3. The entertainment upon such occasions, may vary with the taste of the hostess, or the caprice of her guests.
  4. Now and then, from caprice, one was liberated; but the innocent and the guilty fell alike.
  5. All this gave him hope, and he knew, that when caprice permitted, she would be unrivalled as a companion.