caprice
音标：
英音/ kəˈpriːs / 美音/ kəˈpriːs /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Nowadays, emergencies exist when presidential caprice proclaims them.
如今，当总统随心所欲宣布紧急情况时，就会出现紧急情况。
—Washington Post
In “Adventures in the Screen Trade,” with its gossipy behind-the-scenes look at the caprice of art and commerce, Mr. Goldman coined an enduring phrase in the Hollywood lexicon: “Nobody knows anything.”
在《银幕贸易历险记》中，戈德曼先生以八卦的方式审视了艺术和商业的反复无常的幕后故事，并创造了好莱坞词典中的一句经久不衰的短语：“没有人知道任何事情。”
—Washington Post
The story of his career since that triumph exemplifies the caprices of literary celebrity and the indignities of old age.
自那次胜利以来，他的职业生涯的故事体现了文学名人的反复无常和晚年的屈辱。
—Economist
基本释意：
noun
a sudden desire
任性，反复无常；随想曲，怪想
同义词：
impulse,whim
短释义：
The word caprice has its roots in the French for “whim,” which comes from the Italian word capriccio for “fright” or “sudden start.” A caprice can be just a fun impulsive act, but it also can be something done on a quick whim, without thinking it through or preparing for the change in direction. Having a sudden liking, or caprice, for someone or something can be short-lived too.
一时兴起，他卖掉了所有东西，离开城市前往阿拉斯加美丽的荒野，但当他意识到阿拉斯加有多冷时，他的任性行为就不再那么异想天开了。
长释义：
The word caprice has its roots in the French for “whim,” which comes from the Italian word capriccio for “fright” or “sudden start.” A caprice can be just a fun impulsive act, but it also can be something done on a quick whim, without thinking it through or preparing for the change in direction. Having a sudden liking, or caprice, for someone or something can be short-lived too.
“caprice”一词源于法语，意思是“心血来潮”，它源自意大利语“capriccio”，意思是“恐惧”或“突然开始”。反复无常可能只是一种有趣的冲动行为，但也可能是一时兴起而做的事情，没有经过深思熟虑或没有为方向的改变做好准备。对某人或某事的突然喜欢或反复无常也可能是短暂的。
文学例句：
“My Emma!” replied Mrs. Weston, smiling, “what is the certainty of caprice?”
“我的艾玛！”韦斯顿夫人微笑着回答，“任性的确定性是什么？”
—Emma by Jane Austen
The latter is spontaneous, allowing the child to follow his caprice of mind.
后者是自发的，让孩子随心所欲。
—Farm Boys and Girls by McKeever, William Arch
She made no ineffectual efforts to conduct her household en bonne ménagère, going and coming as it suited her fancy, and, so far as she was able, lending herself to any passing caprice.
她并没有做出徒劳的努力，让自己的家庭过得幸福，随心所欲地走来走去，并且在力所能及的范围内，让自己随心所欲。
—The Awakening by Kate Chopin
词源：
caprice (n.)”sudden change or start of the mind without apparent motive,” 1660s, from French caprice “whim” (16c.), from Italian capriccio “whim,” originally “a shivering,” a word of uncertain origin. Some guesses from 19c. are that it is from capro “goat,” with reference to frisking, from Latin capreolus “wild goat,” or that the Italian word is connected with capo “head” + riccio “curl, frizzled,” literally “hedgehog” (from Latin ericius). The notion in this case would be of the hair standing on end, hence a person shivering in fear.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
caprice (n.)“没有明显动机的突然变化或思想开始”，1660年代，源自法语caprice“whim”(16c.)，源自意大利语capriccio“whim”，最初是“颤抖”，一个来源不确定的词。 19c 的一些猜测。它源自 capro“山羊”，指的是搜查，来自拉丁语 capreolus“野山羊”，或者意大利语单词与 capo“头”+ riccio“卷曲，卷曲”字面意思是“刺猬”（来自拉丁语）埃里修斯）。在这种情况下的概念是头发竖起来，因此一个人在恐惧中颤抖。相关条目及更多
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