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capricious + n.
Her capricious behavior annoyed everyone.
她反复无常的行为惹恼了大家。
反复无常；多变；任性
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反复无常；多变；任性
changeable
Her capricious behavior annoyed everyone.
她反复无常的行为惹恼了大家。
冲动且不可预测的；由偶然、冲动或奇想决定的。
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
易变的
changeable
由偶然、冲动或 whims 决定,而非出于必要或理性
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
The weather here is capricious, so you should always carry an umbrella.
这里的天气反复无常，所以你应该总是带伞。
AI contextual example
His capricious decisions often confuse the whole team.
他那反复无常的决定常常让整个团队感到困惑。
AI contextual example
I never know what to expect from her capricious moods.
我永远不知道她那反复无常的情绪会带来什么。
AI contextual example
a capricious summer breeze
一阵变幻莫测的夏日微风
WordNet
Her capricious behavior annoyed everyone.
她反复无常的行为惹恼了大家。
系动词后作表语
The weather is capricious in spring.
春天的天气变化无常。
He is capricious in his spending habits.
他在消费习惯上反复无常。
Not this
The weather is capriciously today.
Use this
The weather is capricious today.
Capricious 是形容词，而 capriciously 是副词。在系动词 is 后面应用形容词作表语，而不是副词。因此，应使用 capricious 而非 capriciously。
Not this
He is a capricious.
Use this
He is capricious.
Capricious 是形容词，不能直接作名词使用。'A capricious' 不完整，因为缺少被修饰的名词。正确用法是作表语，不加冠词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
变幻莫测的天气
The capricious weather made planning the picnic difficult.
变幻莫测的天气让计划野餐变得困难。
反复无常的性情
Her capricious nature made it hard to predict how she would react.
她反复无常的性情让人很难预测她会作何反应。
任性多变的行为
His capricious behavior at work frustrated his colleagues.
他在工作中任性多变的行为令同事感到沮丧。
变幻莫测的命运
They were at the mercy of capricious fate.
他们任由变幻莫测的命运摆布。
反复无常的统治者
The citizens lived in fear of their capricious ruler.
公民们生活在对反复无常统治者的恐惧之中。
反复无常的情绪
She apologized for her capricious moods.
她为自己反复无常的情绪道歉。
像天气一样变化无常的
His moods are as capricious as the weather in April.
他的情绪像四月的天气一样变化无常。
命运变化无常的捉弄
They never knew what misfortune the capricious whims of fate would bring next.
他们永远不知道命运变化无常的捉弄接下来会带来什么不幸。
反复无常的女子
Fortune is a capricious mistress, always changing her mind.
命运是个反复无常的女子，总是改变主意。
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capricious = cap(帽子)+ricious，想象心情像换帽子，随手一换就变卦，冲动任性、反复无常。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal criticism、government or legal analysis capricious 通常用于正式或书面语，多出现在文学、评论或正式论述中；口语中较少见，常用 changeable、unpredictable 等代替。
与 capricious /kəˈprɪʃəs/ 押韵的词：delicious、suspicious、ambitious、malicious、vicious，它们的重读元音均为 /ɪ/，后面接 /ʃəs/。ambitious 拼作 -tious 但发音相同。注意 conscious 也以 -cious 结尾，但读作 /ˈkɒnʃəs/，重读元音不同，不押韵。
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