capricious

Word family adjectivecapriciousadverbcapriciouslynouncapricecapriciousness

ca·pri·cious /kəˈprɪʃəs/ adjectiveadj

1 WANTlikely to change your mind suddenly or behave in an unexpected way 反复无常的；任性的

She was as capricious as her mother had been.

她和她母亲当初一样反复无常。

2 CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT literary changing quickly and suddenly 变幻无常的，变幻莫测的

a capricious wind

变幻莫测的风

—capriciously adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

capricious• Regulation can vary from laissez-faire to the oppressive and capricious.• A capricious and malevolent spirit, thing of shadows.• Employees need legal protection against capricious and unfair actions by their employers.• His love was capricious, brazenly conditional and in permanently short supply.• Closer analysis shows that the motif does not appear as a random or capricious feature but follows a pattern.• Eva Peron was vain, she was capricious, she was horribly insecure.• His feet turned capricious, slipping off at odd angles.• the capricious tastes of children• For instance, if environmental changes are capricious, the animal's migration viewed in isolation will also be capricious.

词汇	capricious
释义	capricious Word family adjectivecapriciousadverbcapriciouslynouncapricecapriciousness ca·pri·cious /kəˈprɪʃəs/ adjectiveadj 1 WANTlikely to change your mind suddenly or behave in an unexpected way 反复无常的；任性的 She was as capricious as her mother had been. 她和她母亲当初一样反复无常。 2 CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT literary changing quickly and suddenly 变幻无常的，变幻莫测的 a capricious wind 变幻莫测的风 —capriciously adverbadv Examples from the Corpus capricious• Regulation can vary from laissez-faire to the oppressive and capricious.• A capricious and malevolent spirit, thing of shadows.• Employees need legal protection against capricious and unfair actions by their employers.• His love was capricious, brazenly conditional and in permanently short supply.• Closer analysis shows that the motif does not appear as a random or capricious feature but follows a pattern.• Eva Peron was vain, she was capricious, she was horribly insecure.• His feet turned capricious, slipping off at odd angles.• the capricious tastes of children• For instance, if environmental changes are capricious, the animal's migration viewed in isolation will also be capricious.
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