capricious

[美]/kəˈprɪʃəs/
[英]/kəˈprɪʃəs/
词频: 极高

释义

adj. 无定见的,变幻莫测的

例句

a capricious personality

变幻莫测的性格

a capricious and often brutal administration.

难以捉摸却又常常很残忍的管理。

they were perturbed by her capricious behaviour.

她反复无常的行为令他们不安。

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。

In Iraq's case this was the Baath, or Renaissance, Party, a vehicle which he ultimately transformed, through terrifyingly capricious ruthlessness, into a fascistic tool for his own absolute control.

他的无情令人发指,他的冷酷叫人难以捉摸,复兴党也因此成了他绝对操控的法西斯工具。

原声例句

You know how capricious he can be.

你知道父亲有多么反复无常。

来源: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

But investors are warned off by the capricious way he takes decisions.

但是他举棋不定的决策方式吓跑了投资者们。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope cautious and uniform.

德莱登的风格变幻莫测,富于变化,而蒲伯的则小心谨慎,趋于单一。

来源: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

It was a capricious breeze, coming from the coast, and after it passed the sea became smooth.

是一种很不固定的微风,有一阵没一阵地从大陆上吹来,它掠过了海面,立即飞向不知名的远方,海上波纹也就马上随着消失。

来源: Around the World in Eighty Days

The road followed the capricious windings of the southern branch of the Platte River, on its left bank.

火车沿着普拉特河左岸,顺着普拉特河南部支流千变万化的弯曲河岸前进。

来源: Around the World in Eighty Days

Depending less on capricious foreign aid, Gaza also enjoys “exceptionally high” economic growth, according to the latest World Bank report.

根据世界银行最新报告显示,尽管加沙减少了对时有时无的国外援助的依靠,其经济发展依然呈现快速增长态势。

来源: The Economist - Comprehensive

They say Fortune is a woman and capricious.

他们说财富是一个女人, 反复无常。

来源: Middlemarch (Part Four)

It is the first time I have been told I am capricious.

这是我第一次被告知我反复无常。

来源: Washington Square

In the British sitcom " Yes, Minister" the prime minister is capricious but invisible.

英国情景喜剧《是的,大臣》中的首相反复无常却又隐形。

来源: The Economist Culture

It is completely random and capricious and arbitrary and cold – just like the universe.

它是完全随机的、反复无常的、任意的和冷酷的——就像宇宙一样。

来源: World History Crash Course

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