Caprice

(noun.) a sudden desire; 'he bought it on an impulse'.

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• They were weary, besides, of humouring the people, and of depending upon their caprice for a subsistence. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Really that little man was dreadful: a mere sprite of caprice andubiquity: one never knew either his whim or his whereabout. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And all this was to have come without study or other inconvenience, purely by the favor of providence in the shape of an old gentleman's caprice. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• If we do not know its end, we shall be at the mercy of accident and caprice. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• And are you so obedient to a mere caprice of mine? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They depend upon humour and caprice. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• All this, instead of being as you now are, dependent on the mere caprice of Puffy! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• For whatever sentiment met him in form too facile, his lips menaced, beautifully but surely, caprice and light esteem. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• What she has done for him demands his constant love and gratitude, not his ill-humour and caprice. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The gushing fountains which sparkle in the sun, must not be stopped in mere caprice; the oasis in the desert of Sahara must not be plucked up idly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The imperfections of his mind run parallel with those of his body, being a composition of spleen, dullness, ignorance, caprice, sensuality, and pride. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• What do you think of marrying to sober Poverty many-tinted Caprice? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Meyler, said I, I have given way at all times to your caprice and jealousy. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It is better to be torn to pieces at a spring, than to be a mouse at the caprice of such a cat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• And, continued Louis, no caprice can withdraw these pleasures from me; they are _mine_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• My good Andros, said Justinian one day, when he had been inveighing against the caprices of women, why do you come to me for assistance? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• This was very hard upon one, who, like myself, had been spoiled and indulged by a man, who was ever a slave to my slightest caprices! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• If I had been his wife, I could have been the slave of his caprices for a word of love a year. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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