| 单词 | interpolation |
| 释义 | interpolation (once / 6386 pages) 1n 2n An interpolation is an interruption or an addition inserted into something spoken or written. If you’re telling someone about the wild day you had, and your best friend keeps interrupting you to add details, that’s interpolation. Notice how interpolation looks a lot like interruption and interjection? It means something very similar. If you tell a story and then add some new parts, those are interpolations. If someone else adds new parts as you’re telling the story, that’s interpolation, too. Many ancient books have had new interpolations added every time they were printed. All interpolations add something to the original. WORD FAMILYinterpolation: interpolations+/interpolate: interpolated, interpolates, interpolating, interpolation USAGE EXAMPLESWhat makes Shakespeare’s plays ripe for such madcap interpolations is their very capaciousness of spirit. New York Times(Sep 04, 2016) The leaps ahead are meant to illuminate how things have changed, and how they haven't, but the interpolations feel uncertain. Los Angeles Times(Jun 23, 2016) The works were treated like cheap potboilers, subjected to the kinds of cuts, interpolations and fudgings unthinkable in Mozart, Beethoven or Wagner. New York Times(Apr 22, 2016) 1 1n the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts Syn|Hyper interjection, interpellation, interposition break, disruption, gap, interruption an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity 2n a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted 2with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told Syn|Hyper insertion content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about n (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known Hyper calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning problem solving that involves numbers or quantities |
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