Type any word!

"caprice" in Chinese (Simplified)

任性反复无常

Definition

突然而不可预测的情绪或行为变化,或出于一时冲动、没有理由地想做某事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于正式或文学语境,很少在口语中出现。常与“命运的变幻无常”等表达搭配;和“心血来潮”类似,但较为优雅。

Examples

His moods changed with every caprice of the weather.

他的情绪随天气的每一个**反复无常**而变化。

Sometimes life seems to move by the pure caprice of fate.

有时候生活仿佛完全由命运的**变幻无常**推动。

Her decision to travel was a simple caprice.

她决定去旅行,只是一时的**任性**。

The artist changed his style on a caprice.

那位艺术家因一时的**任性**改变了风格。

Buying the expensive watch was a caprice he later regretted.

买昂贵的手表是他的一个**任性**,后来他后悔了。

She decorated her room on a caprice, picking colors without any plan.

她全凭一时的**任性**装饰了房间,颜色随意挑选。