请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 unpredictability
释义

unpredictabilityn.

Brit. /ˌʌnprᵻˌdɪktəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənpriˌdɪktəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /ˌənprəˌdɪktəˈbɪlᵻdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unpredictable adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < unpredictable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix.
The quality or fact of being unpredictable. Also as a count noun: an instance of this; an unpredictable event or occurrence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > unpredictability
casualty1503
contingency1635
accidentalness1648
accidentality1651
uncalculableness1831
incalculableness1864
incalculability1873
unpredictability1878
flukiness1888
impredicability1906
1878 Princeton Rev. Sept. 502 By denying causation,..we should be admitting, in certain cases, the existence of irregularity, of spontaneity, of unpredictability.
1920 S. Alexander Space, Time & Deity II. 324 Unpredictability is not limited to human determinism.
1977 J. L. Harper Population Biol. Plants 769 Organisms in nature live in environments that contain rhythms and unpredictabilities, patterns and noise.
2005 E. Barr Plan B (2006) xxviii. 283 She was agreeable. She had no mystery about her, no feistiness, no unpredictability.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1878
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/25 1:15:22