| 单词 | fluctuate |
| 释义 | fluctuate (once / 1208 pages) v Something that fluctuates varies or changes — it's the opposite of steady. Like the ups and downs of the stock market or the relationship status of a Hollywood starlet. Fluctuate is a verb that describes movement, sometimes irregular, but often rising and falling in a wave-like pattern. The tides fluctuate according to the weather and season, for example. Your emotions fluctuate depending on what happens throughout the day, and so does your weight. In fact, you usually weigh less in the morning, before you've eaten. You're also taller, since your spine compresses as you walk around. So your height fluctuates, too. WORD FAMILYfluctuate: fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuating, fluctuation+/fluctuating: fluctuatingly, unfluctuating/fluctuation: fluctuations USAGE EXAMPLESCompany spokesman Rob Carlton stated in a Nov. 17 email that Koch revenue fluctuates with the price of commodities. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Gas prices will now fluctuate, something that hasn't been seen in Mexico since the government started fixing prices in 1992, ostensibly to control inflation. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Egypt’s industrial sector is largely based on energy extraction and production, which employs relatively few people and fluctuates with oil prices. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1v move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern Syn|Hyper vacillate, waver swing alternate dramatically between high and low values 2v cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern Syn|Hyper vacillate, waver move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 3v be unstable The stock market fluctuates Hyper change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
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