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词根:caprice
adj.capricious 反复无常的;任性的
adv.capriciously 任性地;善变地
n.caprice 任性,反复无常;随想曲
Noun
1. the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
2. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment;
"I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
borrowed from Middle French capricieux, borrowed from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio caprice + -oso -ous
The first known use of capricious was in 1601
captain1 of 2noun
the commanding officer of a military unit
a military commissioned officer with a rank just below that of major
the commanding officer of a ship
a naval commissioned officer with a rank just below that of commodore
a fire or police department officer with a rank usually between that of chief and lieutenant
the leader of a team or side
a person in charge of several waiters in a restaurant
captain2 of 2verb
to be captain of
captain1 of 2noun
the commanding officer of a military unit
a military commissioned officer with a rank just below that of major
the commanding officer of a ship
a naval commissioned officer with a rank just below that of commodore
a fire or police department officer with a rank usually between that of chief and lieutenant
the leader of a team or side
a person in charge of several waiters in a restaurant
captain2 of 2verb
to be captain of
capsule1 of 2noun
a surrounding cover of a bodily part (as a knee joint)
a case bearing spores or seeds
a shell usually of gelatin that is used for packaging something (as a drug)also: such a shell together with its contents
an envelope of carbohydrate around a microbe and especially a bacterium
a small compartment with nearly normal atmospheric pressure for a pilot or astronautespecially: spacecraft
capsule2 of 2adjective
very brief
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capsule1 of 2noun
a surrounding cover of a bodily part (as a knee joint)
a case bearing spores or seeds
a shell usually of gelatin that is used for packaging something (as a drug)also: such a shell together with its contents
an envelope of carbohydrate around a microbe and especially a bacterium
a small compartment with nearly normal atmospheric pressure for a pilot or astronautespecially: spacecraft
capsule2 of 2adjective
very brief
capsule movie reviews
capstannoun
a device that consists of a drum to which a rope is fastened and that is used especially on ships for moving or raising weights
capsizeverb
to become or cause to become upset or overturned : turn over
canoes capsize easily
capsizeverb
to become or cause to become upset or overturned : turn over
canoes capsize easily
capsizeverb
to become or cause to become upset or overturned : turn over
canoes capsize easily
capriciousadjective
moved or controlled by caprice : apt to change suddenly capricious weather
a capricious child
1 Winslet somehow makes whole a character whose hallmark is her capriciousness, as, under successive influences or inspirations, she adopts one persona after another.
2 The girl is envious of her mother’s beauty and resentful of her capriciousness, emphasizing without ever quite acknowledging the gender-based double standard that colors her feelings.
3 Smaller towns and rural counties in the Midwest and South have suddenly been hit hard, underscoring the capriciousness of the pandemic.
4 At church Father Mike appeared and disappeared with the capriciousness of a divinity.
5 When the sublime is vaguely terrifying, it occurred to me, part of the terror is the capriciousness of the universe.
6 She said she does not want to be perceived as a victim of donor capriciousness.
7 But to live with doubt means accepting the sad, cruel, surprising and sometimes wonderful capriciousness of the world.
8 I was stung by the capriciousness of all of it.
9 Not only is there the seeming capriciousness of the virus, but we no longer have the routines that served as the familiar scaffolding of our lives.
10 But Mr. Godard discovered a different sort of sovereignty over the audience: the godlike power of capriciousness, of a serene indifference to the spectator’s ease.
11 Trump’s erratic vitriol, his capriciousness, his ignorance and lack of curiosity about foreign affairs have made him seem uniquely dangerous.
12 You whine about being beaten by time while it actually can't beat our capriciousness.
都说抵挡不过时间,其实是时间抵挡不过我们的善变。
13 That the system is infamously prone to bias and capriciousness undermines its capacity to serve its critical purpose.
14 Inevitably, capriciousness diminished this tolerance, particularly in Pennsylvania.
15 Strangely enough, I very nearly caught the essence of teenage capriciousness as I played the role.
16 The court ruled that the punishment was arbitrary and capricious.
17 She recorded the "lost album" 13 years ago, but due to the capriciousness of the music business it is only now being released.
18 She is capricious, however, and is said to take bribes and wantonly peddle her influence from time to time.
19 The Garg family’s story is a vivid illustration of the capriciousness of the virus.
20 It could all go wrong at any second, of course, with the capriciousness of those in power creating a dangerous variable.