capricious

adjective

/kəˈprɪʃəs/

(formal)

showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour（态度或行为）反复无常的；任性的 synonym unpredictable
- a movie star who was capricious and difficult to please反复无常且难以取悦的电影明星
changing suddenly and quickly变化无常的；变幻莫测的；多变的 synonym changeable
- a capricious climate变化无常的气候
- They had to contend with capricious economic forces.他们不得不与反复无常的经济力量作斗争。

词源early 17th cent.: from French capricieux, from Italian from capriccio, literally ‘head with the hair standing on end’, hence ‘horror’, later ‘a sudden start’ (influenced by capra ‘goat’, associated with frisky movement), from capo ‘head’ + riccio ‘hedgehog’.

词汇	capricious
释义	capricious adjective /kəˈprɪʃəs/ /kəˈprɪʃəs/ (formal) showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour（态度或行为）反复无常的；任性的 synonym unpredictable a movie star who was capricious and difficult to please反复无常且难以取悦的电影明星 changing suddenly and quickly变化无常的；变幻莫测的；多变的 synonym changeable a capricious climate变化无常的气候 They had to contend with capricious economic forces.他们不得不与反复无常的经济力量作斗争。词源early 17th cent.: from French capricieux, from Italian from capriccio, literally ‘head with the hair standing on end’, hence ‘horror’, later ‘a sudden start’ (influenced by capra ‘goat’, associated with frisky movement), from capo ‘head’ + riccio ‘hedgehog’.
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