capriciousness是什么意思？

capriciousness

英[kə'prɪʃəsnəs] 美[kə'prɪʃəsnəs]

• [医] 心境变态；

副词：capriciously;

形容词：capricious;

例句

• Some see it as the opposite of rationality; others view it as an excuse for capriciousness. 一些人认为它是理智的对立面, 另一些人认为是善变的结果.
• Pat stuck it out, despite the capriciousness and inhospitality of the English weather. 尽管英国天气变化无常、十分糟糕，帕特还是挺了过来。
• Lady racehorse owners have a reputation for capriciousness. 赛马的女主人们出了名地性格多变。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  反复无常的;善变的
  Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
  例句
  The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic. 工会指责威尔沙反复无常,不讲民主。 ...capricious and often brutal leaders. 任意妄为且残忍成性的领导人
• ADJ-GRADED
  变幻莫测的;变幻无常的
  Something that is capricious often changes unexpectedly.
  例句
  Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind. 双方一直在为风向飘忽不定而苦恼。 ...a theatre with notoriously capricious acoustics. 音响效果时好时坏、饱受诟病的剧院

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
  2. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment;
  "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"