capriciously

1 The court ruled that the punishment was arbitrary and capricious.

2 Again, his case capriciously turned for the better.

3 … every balloon voyage is a race between capricious winds and the amount of fuel on board.

4 In the Mesopotamian stories, for example, the gods act capriciously, the gods act on a whim.

例如，在美索不达米亚的故事中，神肆意妄为，凭着一时的念头做事。

5 Far from being a fairy godmother, the old woman is more like a wicked witch: mean, cruel to her daughter-in-law, capriciously tormenting her brood.

6 Are we meant, for instance, to psychologically doubt the way Romeo capriciously falls head over heels for Juliet after the way he’s been pining away for Rosaline?

7 With essentially no notice, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, a Trump minion and former oil and gas lobbyist, arbitrarily and capriciously opened up more than 3 million acres of spotted-owl habitat, primarily old growth, to logging.

8 “The problem with most improvement seekers in life is that they really don’t know what they’re looking for, and then they keep casting about capriciously for the next new thing.”

9 Lady Luck is a capricious mother who, as in a recurrent nightmare, always offers, never comes through, and never stops smiling.

10 Circuit Judge James A. Wynn Jr. said plaintiffs were likely to show the military acted “arbitrarily or capriciously” in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act by discharging service members without an individualized fitness assessment.

11 When Son’s 25-yard shot took a deflection off Emil Krafth the ball’s trajectory swerved, capriciously towards the top corner but the Slovakian proved equal to the challenge, somehow tipping the ball to safety.

12 The printing house also stocks stiff note cards embossed with obscure motifs brought out of mothballs from time to time, and then just as capriciously returned to obscurity.

13 The majority opinion found the FCC had "arbitrarily and capriciously departed from its prior policy excepting fleeting broadcast material" in assessing the fine.

14 The district attorney “acted arbitrarily and capriciously in failing to produce the documents,” Julien found.

15 "The SEC acted arbitrarily and capriciously when... when it failed to respond to petitioners' comments and failed to conduct a proper cost-benefit analysis," according to the opinion from a three-judge panel.

16 Private enterprises in China must navigate government officialdom without being directly confrontational, operating by a set of rules that are as opaque as they are capriciously applied.

17 Circuit said the agency "acted arbitrarily and capriciously" by concluding that exclusive terrestrial programing contracts are categorically unfair.

18 In each case, there is utter commitment to this truth, this situation, which will capriciously turn into something else.

19 He would threaten Ekland with divorce, then just as capriciously make up, and fly into jealous rages.

20 I don't believe in random occurrences or blind chance, though I know the patterns of this world are capricious and terribly complex.

1 反复无常地

variably

2 变化无常

variable volatile capricious volatility caprice shifting sands

3 突发奇想

capricious whim caprice

4 反复无常

fickle-minded inconsistent arbitrary volatile erratic capricious inconstant variably inconsistency kink caprice capriciousness play fast and loose chops and changes