fluctuate 音标拼音: [fl'ʌktʃəw
, et]
vi . 变动,上下,动摇
vt . 使动摇
变动,上下,动摇使动摇
fluctuate v 1 :
cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern 2 :
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern ;
"
the line on the monitor vacillated " [
synonym : {
fluctuate },
{
vacillate }, {
waver }]
3 :
be unstable ; "
The stock market fluctuates "
Fluctuate \
Fluc "
tu *
ate \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Fluctuated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Fluctuating }.] [
L .
fluctuatus ,
p .
p .
of fluctuare ,
to wave ,
fr .
fluctus wave ,
fr .
fluere ,
fluctum ,
to flow .
See {
Fluent },
and cf . {
Flotilla }.]
1 .
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 . --
Blackmore .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To move now in one direction and now in another ;
to be wavering or unsteady ;
to be irresolute or undetermined ;
to vacillate .
Syn :
To waver ;
vacillate ;
hesitate ;
scruple .
Usage :
To {
Fluctuate }, {
Vacillate }, {
Waver }. --
Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon .
The stocks fluctuate ;
a man fluctuates between conflicting influences .
Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves .
A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes ,
without any fixity of mind or principles .
A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger .
One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve ,
and wavering in execution .
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1913 Webster ]
Fluctuate \
Fluc "
tu *
ate \,
v .
t .
To cause to move as a wave ;
to put in motion . [
R .]
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1913 Webster ]
And fluctuate all the still perfume . --
Tennyson .
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1913 Webster ]
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fluctuate ":
alternate ,
back and fill ,
bob ,
bobble ,
careen ,
change ,
chop and change ,
coggle ,
dangle ,
dither ,
ebb and flow ,
equivocate ,
flounder ,
flutter ,
go through phases ,
intermit ,
lack regularity ,
librate ,
lurch ,
nutate ,
oscillate ,
pendulate ,
pitch ,
recur ,
reel ,
resonate ,
return ,
reverse ,
ring the changes ,
rock ,
roll ,
seesaw ,
shake ,
shift ,
shilly -
shally ,
shuffle ,
stagger ,
swag ,
sway ,
swing ,
teeter ,
teeter -
totter ,
tergiversate ,
toss ,
totter ,
turn ,
vacillate ,
vary ,
vibrate ,
wag ,
waggle ,
wave ,
waver ,
wax and wane ,
wobble
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