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capricious

/kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs/US // kəˈprɪʃ əs, -ˈpri ʃəs //UK // (kəˈprɪʃəs) //

任性的,任性,任意妄为,任意

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
    • : Obsolete. fanciful or witty.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.given to sudden behavior change
Synonyms
arbitrary任意的,任性的,任意,任意性careless粗心大意,漫不经心,粗心,粗心大意的erratic飘忽不定,飘忽不定的,反复无常,反覆无常fickle多变的,多变,无常,善变的flighty飞行的,飞行,飞扬跋扈,飘逸helter-skelter慌慌张张,慌慌张张的,杂乱无章,杂乱无章的impulsive冲动的,冲动的人,冲动,冲动型quirky古怪的,新奇的,古怪,怪异的temperamental喜怒无常,脾气暴躁,脾气大的,脾气好的unpredictable变幻莫测,变幻莫测的,变化莫测的,变化莫测unreasonable不合情理的,不合情理,不合理的,不合常理unstable不稳定的,不稳定,不稳的,不稳volatile挥发性,波动,挥发性的,波动性wayward向上,向前,向上的,向往的whimsical奇思妙想,异想天开,奇思妙想的,异想天开的any way the wind blows风起云涌,风吹草动,风水轮流转,风向标blowing hot and cold忽冷忽热,忽冷忽热的,冷热交替,冷热不均changeful变化多端,多变的,多变,变化多端的contrary反之,相反的,相反地,相反的是crotchety萝卜头,萝卜青菜各有所爱,萝卜丝effervescent泡腾式,泡腾性,泡腾型,泡腾剂every which way千方百计,千方百计地,万般无奈,千方百计的fanciful梦幻般的,梦幻般,奇特的,遐想fitful合适的,合适,合适的人,合适性flaky片状的,片状,片状物,片状结构freakish匪夷所思,匪夷所思的,畸形的,怪异的gaga嘎嘎,加加,卡卡,伽伽humorsome幽默,幽默的,幽默感,幽默风趣inconstant不恒定,不稳定,不恒定的,不稳定的kinky淫荡的,怪异,淫乱的,淫荡lubricious润滑的,润滑,润滑性的,润滑性mercurial水银泻地式,水银泻地,水银,水银色的moody喜怒无常,喜怒哀乐,心情,喜怒不形于色mutable可变,可变的,易变的,可变性notional名义,名义上的,名义的,名义上odd奇数,奇数的,奇特的,奇异picky挑剔的,挑剔,挑剔的人,挑剔的家伙punchy冲劲十足,冲劲十足的,有力的,冲动的queer蹊跷,蹊跷的,奇特的,诡异的ticklish痒痒的,怕痒,痒痒,怕痒的人up and down上下,上下左右,上上下下,上下移动vagarious变幻莫测,变幻莫测的,变幻无常,变化无常variable变量,变数,变动,变异yo-yo溜溜球,悠悠球,溜达,溜冰

Examples

  • Since 1971, the capricious and excessive use of solitary confinement has only intensified in America’s prisons.

  • As the action accelerates, Marsac — at times a bit slow on the uptake — keeps wondering about the capricious, headstrong and infuriating Mademoiselle de la Vire.

  • He maintained that the first allegiance of a Catholic was to the example of Christ, not to the church’s hierarchy and what he considered its capricious and outmoded rules.

  • The list is as capricious—its bounds known only to its mysterious conceivers—as it is precise.

  • But that visceral experience of the crowd as a capricious-yet-mindless entity has stayed with me ever since.

  • He plays Wallace, a twentysomething medical school dropout who falls for Chantry (Zoe Kazan), a capricious animator/artist.

  • The capricious and inhumane imprisoning of the feminist activists from Pussy Riot.

  • We remain constantly curious about what great designers will turn out from their capricious artistic alchemy.

  • The nose more particularly appears and disappears in a capricious way in the drawings of the same child.

  • But this sudden blow was a reminder that fate had been capricious to spoiled darlings before.

  • Mariamne had grown more fantastic, and capricious, and wayward than ever.

  • There was also a moral reaction, and the boy became capricious, irritable, and unlike his former self.

  • No, give me deserts or precipices,—anything fixed and solid is better than this capricious, ever-changing sea.