单词 | capricious |
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音标 | [kə'priʃəs] |
解释 | a.变化无常的,任性的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 变化无常的,任性的( erratic; flighty) 【考】 capricious : whim / objective:fact(反复无常的行为是易 变的/事实是客观的)反义词:resolute(坚 决的); steadfast(不变的) 【记】 由caprice(变化,任 性)而来,参考: capriccio(随想曲) 【同】 派生词: capriciousness (n. 反复无常) 【例】 We can't go camping while the weather is so capricious. |
字源 | capricious (adj.) 1590s, from French capricieux "whimsical" (16c.), from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio (see caprice). Related: Capriciously; capriciousness. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 变化无常的(具有奇异念头的、易冲动、不可预料的) = erratic = flighty; 任性的 【例】My wife is very capricious 我老婆非常任性. 【类】capricious: whim = objective: fact反复无常的是反复无常 = 客观的是事实insubordinate: submissive = capricious: deliberate 不顺从的不是顺从的 = 反复无常的不是深思熟虑的capricious: change 反复无常的经常变化 【反】resolute(adj 坚决的); steadfast(adj 坚定的); constant(adj 不变的); pertinacious(adj 固执的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】caprice + ious 【相关】capriccio 狂想曲,随想曲 |
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