Consistent
[kən'sɪst(ə)nt] or [kən'sɪstənt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable; 'testimony consistent with the known facts'; 'I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war'- FDR .
(adj.) the same throughout in structure or composition; 'bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product' .
手打:萨拜娜--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
(a.) Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.
(a.) Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions.
鲍里斯校對
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Compatible, suitable, accordant, conformable, uniform, congruous, harmonious, correspondent.
手打:尼尔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Congruous, accordant, consonant, agreeing, compatible, harmonious
ANT:Incongruous, {at_variance_with}, {not_agreeing_with}, incompatible,inharmonious
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例句/造句/用法:
- Her countenance expressed the deepest sorrow that is consistent with resignation. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- If not, say so, for I wish to make things as pleasant as is consistent with my duty, and I've got another pair in my pocket. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She was wondering whether an explanation of any kind would be consistent with her loyalty to Frederick. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Don't be a fool, Rachael,' interposed Mr. Wardle, rather more roughly than was consistent with the poetic nature of the scene. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The delineation of Socrates in the Republic is not wholly consistent. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- My conduct is not very consistent, Betteredge--is it? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Consequently no proposition can be intelligible or consistent with regard to objects, which is not so with regard to perceptions. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- As it is, there'll be nothing to bring back but me, and that's quite consistent, for I shan't be brought back, some day! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Fanny is the only one who has judged rightly throughout; who has been consistent. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Instead, during our long residence here, he has been uniformly consistent in his role of protector and provider. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I would allow the State to increase so far as is consistent with unity; that, I think, is the proper limit. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- You have already as good as put your hand to the plough: you are too consistent to withdraw it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Madame Beck was a most consistent character; forbearing with all the world, and tender to no part of it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The best men are not consistent in good--why should the worst men be consistent in evil? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I merely wish to say that I do not feel it consistent with my duty to Lady Glyde and to myself to remain any longer in your service. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- His kindness to his little cousin was consistent with his situation and rights: he made her some very pretty presents, and laughed at her. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I said; I would only ask you to be consistent; or, if you change, change openly and let there be no deception. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- And Plato might also have found that the intuition of evil may be consistent with the abhorrence of it. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It is impossible, indeed, to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Only a complete whole is fully self-consistent. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- A consistent result could be obtained only by sacrificing the modern or the ancient observations. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Whether or not social efficiency is an aim which is consistent with culture turns upon these considerations. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Scattered and unconnected as they were, I have been obliged to add links, and model the work into a consistent form. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But Dorothea is not always consistent. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Your condition may be consistent with a tolerably comfortable life for another fifteen years, or even more. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Every one can see already what we ought to say about them, if we are to be consistent with ourselves. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Socrates proceeds: I have now to prove that this scheme is advantageous and also consistent with our entire polity. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It seems Robin's fame attracted more visitants than was consistent with the growth of the heather, upon a moor worth a shilling an acre. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- This system, however, is nor consistent with experience. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
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