capricious
英 [kəˈprɪʃ.əs]
美 [kəˈprɪʃ.əs]
将“capricious”分解为“cap”和“ricious”。想象一个帽子(cap)随着风(ricious,这里取“风”之意)任意飘动,没有任何规律或顺序,以此来记住这个词表示变化无常、反复无常的意思。
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capricious 反复无常的,任性的来自caprice.
- capricious (adj.)
- 1590s, from French capricieux "whimsical" (16c.), from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio (see caprice). Related: Capriciously; capriciousness.
- 1. The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic.
- 工会指责威尔沙反复无常,不讲民主。
- 2. Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind.
- 双方一直在为风向飘忽不定而苦恼。
- 3. 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.
- 4. 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.
- 5. 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.