showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour （态度或行为）反复无常的；任性的 a movie star who was capricious and difficult to please 反复无常且难以取悦的电影明星
changing suddenly and quickly 变化无常的；变幻莫测的；多变的 a capricious climate 变化无常的气候 They had to contend with capricious economic forces. 他们不得不与反复无常的经济力量作斗争。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French capricieux, from Italian from capriccio, literally ‘head with the hair standing on end’, hence ‘horror’, later ‘a sudden start’ (influenced by capra ‘goat’, associated with frisky movement), from capo ‘head’ + riccio ‘hedgehog’.