| 单词 | caprice |
| 释义 | caprice noun[CorU] literaryuk/kəˈpriːs/us/kəˈpriːs/(thequalityof often having) asuddenand usuallysillywishto have or do something, or asuddenandsillychangeofmindorbehaviour: 异想天开；反复无常；突发奇想The $300 millionpalacewasbuilttosatisfythe caprice of one man.用3亿美元建这座宫殿就是为了满足一个人的心血来潮。 Synonyms impulse whim Feelings of desire
Examplesofcapricecaprice But how to rescue the discourse from charges that it will be meaningless, trivial, and inconsistent, dependent on thecapriceof conversation itself? From theCambridge English Corpus They promise 'a portrait of orderly aggregate behaviour without challenging the consensus that individual behaviour involves large elements ofcapriceand disorder' (p.xx). From theCambridge English Corpus Aesthetic values attend upon thecapriceof the financially successful. From theCambridge English Corpus I dream of dramelyriqueas human, without giving up either fantasy, orcaprice, or mystery. From theCambridge English Corpus He defined education as self-estrangement, ' ' the process of the adoption of the social order in place of one's mere animalcaprice. From theCambridge English Corpus Her conduct is marked by extreme waywardness andcaprice. From theCambridge English Corpus He reasons that, as architects are not artists, they must be concerned with producing drawings which communicate building notcaprice. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not, that is to say, subject to humancaprice. From theCambridge English Corpus This case study is not about passive minorities subjected to the whims and caprices of the majority. From theCambridge English Corpus Mediatization of the political debate implies either politicians' increased responsiveness to media caprices or politicians' loss of monopoly over news coverage. From theCambridge English Corpus When guidelines standardize practice based on implicit bedside rationing conventions, they magnify and multiply the ethicalcapriceof bedside rationing. From theCambridge English Corpus Not only did this focus of capitalism overburden the household with gadgets, but also the fixation on demand created a world ofcapriceand illusion. From theCambridge English Corpus Stoicism could be seen as creating a sense of self aloof from the caprices of fortune, which enabled the individual to cope and remain constant despite reversals. From theCambridge English Corpus For all, the focus is on building a systematic moral theory around the value of welfare, rather than around more controversial 'intuitions' or 'caprice'. From theCambridge English Corpus Dramelyriquewill be human without repudiating 'fantasy', 'caprice' and 'mystery'. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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