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caprice

音標[k?'pri:s] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 反覆無常, 多變, 任性
相關詞組:
at the caprice of

英文解釋:

名詞 caprice:

  1. a sudden desire
    同義詞:impulse, whim

例句:

  1. A caprice or fancy.
    空想,幻想

詳細解釋:


ca.price

n.(名詞)

An impulsive change of mind.
反覆無常:一時衝動改變主意
An inclination to change one`s mind impulsively.
無定性:因一時衝動而改變主意的傾向
A sudden, unpredictable action, change, or series of actions or changes:
變化無常:一個突然的、未被預料的行動、變化或連續這樣的行動或變化:
例句:
A hailstorm in July is a caprice of nature.
七月天的一場冰雹是大自然的反覆無常的變化

Music A capriccio.
【音樂】 隨想曲,幻想曲

來源:
French
法文
from Italian capriccio
源自 義大利語 capriccio
from caporiccio [fright, sudden start]
源自 caporiccio [驚嚇,嚇一跳]
capo [head] from Latin caput * see kaput-
capo [頭部] 源自 拉丁語 caput *參見 kaput-
riccio [curly] from Latin ôricius [hedgehog] from ôr
riccio [捲曲的] 源自 拉丁語 ôricius [刺蝟,豪豬] 源自 ôr

<參考辭彙><同義詞>caprice,whim,whimsy,vagary,freakThese nouns are compared as they denote an impulsive or unexpected notion.
這些名詞被放在一起進行比較是因為它們都表示一個出於衝動的或未被料及的想法。
Caprice strongly suggests lack of apparent motivationand can imply wanton and willful behavior:
Caprice 強烈暗示著缺乏一種明顯動機,可以用以暗指沒有節制的和故意的舉動:
例句:
Before the establishment of labor unions, a worker could be discharged at the caprice of any manager.
在工會組織建立以前,一個工人可能因任何一個經理人員的一時興起而被解僱。

Whim and
Whim
whimsy can both mean a quaint or fantastic idea,butwhim more strongly suggests sudden inspiration, whimsy a playful or fanciful quality:
whimsy 都可以表示一個古怪或怪誕的念頭,但whim 更強烈地暗示著突發的靈感, 而whimsy 則更強烈地暗含一種開玩笑的或充滿幻想的特性:
例句:
That suggestion was no whim of the moment.
那個建議不是一時的突發奇想。

例句:
.Talk of space stations, space manufacturing or space defense will be whimsy until the cost of reaching orbit comes down. (Gregg Easterbrook).
.關於空間站、空間加工業或空間防禦的高辯闊論在進入軌道所需的成本降低之前只是異想天開. (格里格·衣斯特布魯克)。

Vagary emphasizes the erratic and unpredictable, even irresponsible nature of a notion or an act:
Vagary 強調一個念頭或行為的不規則和不可預料性、甚至是不負責性:
例句:
.This is a time of life when a solicitous family does well to watch affectionately over the vagaries of its unattached relatives,particularly of those who are comfortably off. (J.P. Marquand).
.這個時期的生活中,一個樂意幫忙的家庭總是充滿愛意地觀注著那些與它關係並不密切的親戚們的古怪或狂妄的念頭,特別是那些相當富足的家庭的怪念頭. (J·P·馬昆德)。

Freak is a sudden and seemingly motiveless turn of mind:
Freak意念的突然和看上去沒有動機的變化:
例句:
.Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop/From low-hung branches . . . /Then off at once, as in a wanton freak. (John Keats).
.有時從低垂的枝椏上/金翅雀一隻只跳下來…/然後立即飛走,好象受一時奇想的激發. (約翰·濟慈)


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