逐日单词:caprice
caprice /k??pri?s/
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外刊例句
No one dares to criticise the king’s viciousness or caprice. In recent days he also fired six palace officials for“extremely evil”conduct.
没有人敢批评国王的暴虐或朝三暮四。迩来几天,他还开除了六名举动“极度罪恶”的宫廷官员。
——《经济学人》
基本释义
caprice: A caprice is an unexpected action or decision which has no strong reason or purpose.
n. 朝三暮四,任性善变
追根溯源
单词caprice泉源于拉丁语capra,表现“羊”,由于羊宁静低头吃草的时分,会忽然跳起来大概蹦向一边,然后又若无其事地持续低头吃草。山羊的这一习性给人以为朝三暮四,让人摸不着头脑,于是人们用caprice这个词来形貌这种“举动大概头脑上突如其来、朝三暮四的厘革”。
意大利语中capriccio是音乐术语,表现“狂想曲”,英语中也将这一层涵义借用了过去,用caprice来表现“随想曲”。
影视例句
在英剧《神探夏洛克》中,Sherlock在Waston的婚礼上发言时,就用到了caprice这个词:
If I burden myself with a little helpmate during my adventures, this is not out of sentiment or caprice, it is that he has many fine qualities of his own that he has overlooked in his obsession with me.
假如我乐意在冒险时带上一个助手,不会是由于动了情感或是心血来潮,而是由于他有着诸多优秀的品格,只是他本人忽略了,由于对我太过着迷。
















