| 释义 |
unpreˈdictable, a.
(un-1 7 b.)
In frequent use from c 1880.
1857M. Pattison Ess. (1889) II. 405 The constant tendency of discovery [is] to reduce to order classes of facts, once thought irregular and unpredictable. 1874J. Sully Sensation & Intuition 113 The many chances of some unpredictable accident.
Hence ˌunpredictaˈbility.
1920S. Alexander Space, Time, & Deity II. 324 Unpredictability is not limited to human determinism. 1955Bull. Atomic Sci. Mar. 87/1 Their freedom imparts an unpredictability to historic events. 1977J. L. Harper Population Biol. Plants 769 Organisms in nature live in environments that contain rhythms and unpredictabilities, patterns and noise. |