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Capricious

“Capricious”是一个形容词,表示反复无常的、任性的,用来描述变化无常、不可预测或任性的行为。这个词强调不可预测和变化无常。

  1. Her capricious mood made her hard to predict. (她反复无常的情绪使她难以预测。)
  2. The capricious weather changed constantly. (反复无常的天气不断变化。)
  3. His capricious decisions confused everyone. (他反复无常的决定让每个人都感到困惑。)

“Capricious”来自意大利语 “capriccioso”,由 “capo”(头)和 “riccio”(卷曲的)组成,字面意思是”像山羊一样跳跃的”。

  • 词根:capric-(反复无常)
  • 后缀:-ious(形容词后缀)

“Capricious”常用于描述变化无常、不可预测的行为,在正式和日常语境中经常使用。

  • 名词形式:caprice(反复无常)
  • 副词形式:capriciously(反复无常地)

可以将 “capricious” 与 “caprice”(反复无常)联系起来,两者都与反复无常、任性有关。

My cat is so capricious - one minute she wants to be petted, the next minute she’s running away. You never know what she’s going to do. I’ve learned to just go with the flow and not take it personally when she changes her mind.

我的猫如此反复无常——一分钟她想被抚摸,下一分钟她就跑开了。你永远不知道她要做什么。我已经学会了顺其自然,当她改变主意时不要把它当作个人问题。