But the roles are reversed in the following passage, and this is where the text blows hot and cold.

但是在接下来的文章中角色互调了，这是文中描述冷热无常的情景。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So one of the things I would like to suggest is that you develop some good style here, and in particular, don't change types arbitrarily.

所以我的建议是,你们要养成一些好的编程风格，尤其是，不要反复无常的改变变量的类型。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

So magic in a pagan system, Kaufman claims, is a way of getting around the gods, circumventing the capricious will of the gods and demons.

考夫曼宣称，异教系统中的法术，可以用来应付众神,能使反复无常的神谕和恶魔的诅咒失灵。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

He is ponderously capricious. Many of his casual opinions on the people and scenery of this country are ludicrous.

他十分反复无常，他对这个国家的人和,风景的看法十分滑稽。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So this was a highly charged political environment. Far more volatile than for example the kind of partisan quarrels we see today in our republic I hope.

所以那是十分紧张的政治环境,比我们当今所见的,共和政党争论,更加反复无常，希望如此。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选