【caprice】 - A-level备考词汇

caprice

UK:  [kə'priːs]

US:  [kə'pris]

复数：caprices  

n.

1.反覆无常,任性

2.怪想,异想天开

3.离奇想法

4.变幻莫测

5.〔画〕立意和构图均出自荒诞幻想的一套图画或雕刻

6.古怪[随意空想]的作品[乐曲]

7.无理由的突发之举

8.一时遣兴

1 . His lack of money was the result of caprice in spending on unnecessary things.
他缺乏钱用是由于随便把钱花在一些不必要的事情上的结果。

2 . the national debt was made into a secure investment, no longer liable to repudiation at the caprice of the monarch.
国债成了牢固的投资，不再会有君主一时性起拒绝兑付的危险。

3 . The individual=s ends will change as he learns from other people; they may also change out of sheer caprice.
人的目的会受他人的影响而改变，也可能干脆反复无常。

4 . Once passed, cannot be changed or varied according to the whim or caprice of any officer, board or individual.
一旦通过，就不能由于任何官员，委员会或个人的一时兴致或反复无常而变更或修改。

5 . A large part is distributed among the various functionaries of government, and among the objects of the sovereign's favour or caprice.
很大一部分被分配给政府各式各样的官员，以及君王的宠臣。