Fluctuate
['flʌktʃʊeɪt;-tjʊ-] or ['flʌktʃʊ'et]
解释:
(verb.) be unstable; 'The stock market fluctuates'.
(verb.) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; 'the line on the monitor vacillated'.
(verb.) cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern.
录入:温德尔--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.
(v. i.) To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.
(v. t.) To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.
录入:西德尼
同义词及近义词:
v. n. [1]. Oscillate, be unsteady, rise and fall, move to and fro, move up and down.[2]. Waver, vacillate, be irresolute or inconstant.
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同义词及反义词:
SYN:Waver, oscillate, hesitate, vacillate, vary, veer
ANT:Persist, abide, stay, stick, adhere
编辑:莉莉
解释:
v.i. to float backward and forward: to roll hither and thither: to be irresolute.—v.t. to cause to move hither and thither.—adjs. Fluc′tuant; Fluc′tuāting.—ns. Fluctuā′tion a rising and falling like a wave: motion hither and thither: agitation: unsteadiness; Fluctuos′ity.—adj. Fluc′tuous.
编辑:莉齐
例句:
- Both credit and currency begin to fluctuate wildly with the evaporation of public confidence. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Secondly, the wages of labour do not, in Great Britain, fluctuate with the price of provisions. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I fluctuate a little; that's the truth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Thy resolution may fluctuate on the wild and changeful billows of human opinion, but mine is anchored on the Rock of Ages. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- These things fluctuate very rapidly. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The game fluctuated, but the average was in Wildeve's favour. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The game fluctuated, now in favour of one, now in favour of the other, without any great advantage on the side of either. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- It fluctuated greatly. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- These two sets of forces may have fluctuated in this relative effect in the past. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It fluctuates through vast ages. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- This does not occur, or only in a very slight degree, with our domesticated productions, which have long been exposed to fluctuating conditions. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Her affections had continually been fluctuating but never without an object. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- In the latter case the organisation seems to become plastic, and we have much fluctuating variability. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- We will not attempt to trace the fluctuating fortunes of the Sassanids during the next three centuries. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But her temper was fluctuating; joy for a few instants shone in her eyes, but it continually gave place to distraction and reverie. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- The broad and clear though cloud-crossed and fluctuating beam of the moon shone on every floor and wall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The changes of a fevered room are slow and fluctuating; but the changes of the fevered world are rapid and irrevocable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
整理:凯瑟琳