capricious

kә'priʃәs

托福GRE

s. changeable
s. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

a. 反复无常的, 多变的, 任性的

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capricious 的词根是 caprice，意为“反复无常”，前缀 cap- 与“头”或“抓”有关，整体意指“抓住变化”，反映出无常的特点。

例句

1. The weather is very capricious in spring; it can be sunny one moment and raining the next.

春天的天气非常多变，一会儿阳光明媚，一会儿又下雨。

2. Her capricious nature makes it hard for her friends to know what she will do next.

她多变的性格让朋友们难以预测她接下来会做什么。

3. The stock market can be capricious, with prices changing rapidly and without warning.

股市可能会非常不稳定，价格会迅速变化且没有预警。