/kəˈprɪʃəs/
意味: 気まぐれな
例文: Lena’s capricious decorating confused even Philo.
レナの気まぐれな装飾にフィロさえ混乱。
言葉のよくある組み合わせ: capricious behavior(気まぐれな行動), capricious decision(気まぐれな決定), capricious weather(気まぐれな天気)
定義: 気まぐれな、予測できない、突然変わることがある。人や物事が安定せず、急に変わることがある様子を表す。
capriciousは約2,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Adjective: changeable
Adjective: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Adjective
Examples(例文)
Adjective: a capricious summer breeze
Adjective: freakish weather
Adjective: a capricious refusal
Adjective: authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
Adjective: the victim of whimsical persecutions
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): capricious, freakish, impulsive, whimsical
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Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: caprice, capriciousness, freakishness, impulsiveness, whimsicality, whimsy
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: general
Usage Category: common
Usage Context: descriptive
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Suffixes(接尾辞): ious
Exam Level
英検1級
TOEIC900
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Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No
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