capricious
英[kə'prɪʃəs] 美[kə'prɪʃəs]
"a capricious summer breeze"
"freakish weather"
"a capricious refusal"
"authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"
"the victim of whimsical persecutions"
1.反复无常的;善变的
Someone who iscapricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
e.g. The Union accused Walesa of beingcapricious and undemocratic.
工会指责威尔沙反复无常,不讲民主。
e.g. ...capricious and often brutal leaders.
任意妄为且残忍成性的领导人
2.变幻莫测的;变幻无常的
Something that iscapricious often changes unexpectedly.
e.g. Both sides were troubled throughout by acapricious wind.
双方一直在为风向飘忽不定而苦恼。
e.g. ...a theatre with notoriouslycapricious acoustics.
音响效果时好时坏、饱受诟病的剧院
1. capricious
1. 反复无常:但可以确信的是,在选择材料时,并没有故意的反复无常(capricious)和武断(arbitrary),而是特殊的思想人物列表(peculiar cast of thought)在无意中决定着本书的意图.
2.
2. 反复无常的, 多变的:- flawed 有缺陷的 | -capricious 反复无常的, 多变的 | - uncritical 不加批判的
3. 风向不定的:negotiate 挤出一条路 |capricious 风向不定的 | sweep 一系列重大的事件
He judged her to be capricious, and easily weary of the pleasure of the moment.
他认为她是任性的,很容易对一时的快乐产生厌倦。
a capricious climate
变化无常的气候
The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic.
工会指责威尔沙反复无常,不讲民主。
...capricious and often brutal leaders.
任意妄为且残忍成性的领导人
Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind.
双方一直在为风向飘忽不定而苦恼。
...a theatre with notoriously capricious acoustics.
音响效果时好时坏、饱受诟病的剧院
Your sex is capricious, you know.
你的女人没有准儿,谁也说不清, 你知道.
But he capricious and he fails to see how he comes across to the electorate.
但他性情善变,不知道如何给选民留下好印象.
Dumb Blonde: The capricious schtick was all a persona, if Hollywood legend is to be believed.
无脑金发美女: 如果好莱坞传奇是可信的,那这些反复无常的把戏都只不过是面具而已.
This is a capricious match. Your common interests and lusty passionate nature bring about outrageous socialencounters.
狮子-羊:你们是一对反复无常的组合. 虽然有着共同的兴趣,然激情四射的天性也让你们成为互不相让的冤家.
Aleck's fancies were not very capricious, and not frequent, but Sally's scattered a good deal.
艾莱柯的幻想还不算特别反复无常, 而萨利的幻想却已经乱了套.
Is disease of department of gynaecology gotten capricious?
妇科病一得就反复无常嘛?
Generally speaking, supreme court policy concerning state regulation was neither capricious nor reactionary.
一般说来, 最高法院关于政府管理的政策,既不轻率任性,也不反动.
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.
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.
A spoiled child is often capricious.
被惯坏的孩子常常是任性的.
The climate on grassland is capricious.
草原的气候变化无常.
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.
Authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious.
维权统治者经常反复无常地变化.
Rich men are capricious and exacting and do not pity and help the poor.
富人两面三刀,巧取豪夺,既不怜悯也不帮助穷人.
Nixon's most capricious cations had occured in times of quiet, not in reaction to crises.
尼克松采取最放任的行动是在平静的时候, 而不是在对危机做出反应时.
Again, you want them to think you are on their side and not being capricious.
再次, 你是想要他们认为你是和他们同一国的,而非善变的.
The greatest disadvantage of a person is not selfish, passionate, brutal, capricious.
一个人最大的缺点不是自私 、 多情 、 野蛮 、 任性.
We can't go camping while the weather is so capricious.
天气如此多变,我们不能出去宿营.
The world was dangerous and capricious.
那是个危险又反复无常的世界.
Romantic heroines are often capricious.
浪漫的女主人公往往难以捉摸.
Can a functional shape mark with no capricious addition nonetheless acquire a distinctive character through use?
没有附带幻想性的特徵的功能性形状标记,可否透过被使用而得取显著特性?
He was an indecisive sort of person and always capricious.
他这个人优柔寡断,而且总是反复无常.
Let me such a capricious!
就让我这样任性吧!
They cultivated tropical plants in a capricious climate.
出自:J. Cheever上一个:captivate
下一个:capitulate