| 单词 | convergent |
| 释义 | convergent (once / 6224 pages) adj If you're a Red Sox fan and your cousin loves the Yankees but you both agree baseball is a wonderful game, that's a convergent idea — in other words an idea that brings you together. Convergent applies to anything that is arrived at from different paths, not just an idea. Two trains, for example, arriving at the same station from different directions are said to be convergent; or two species of animals inhabiting the same environment that grow more and more alike in habit are also said to be convergent. The opposite of convergent is divergent — as in a Red Sox fan and a Yankees fan arguing about which is the better team. WORD FAMILYconvergent: convergence, convergently, nonconvergent+/converge: converged, convergency, convergent, converges, converging/convergence: convergences/convergency: convergencies USAGE EXAMPLES“I’m really amazed to see how convergent the results are,” he says. Science Magazine(Nov 21, 2016) For oviraptorosaurs, the beaks were “convergent evolution,” when similar features evolve independently among different groups of animals. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) While the loose pastel-colored silhouettes seemed at times cluttered, through over-embellishment or because of the multiple layers that moved in convergent directions. US News(Sep 28, 2016) adj tending to come together from different directions Syn|Ant confluent, merging flowing together focused, focussed(of light rays) converging on a point obliqueslanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled divergent, diverging tending to move apart in different directions branchingresembling the branches of a tree radiatingdiverging from a common point obliqueslanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled |
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