oscillate是什么意思,oscillate怎么用

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oscillate

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📰 外刊例句

Even in the headquarters of capitalism, Mr Lemann reveals, attitudes to business have oscillated wildly, both in boardrooms and on Wall Street. 莱曼指出,即使在资本主义的大本营——无论是董事会还是华尔街——人们对企业的态度都经历了剧烈的摇摆。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[verb] move or swing back and forth at a regular speed
[动词] 以规律的速度来回移动或摆动


💡 深入解读

Oscillate 一词源自拉丁语oscillare(摇摆),其基本含义为“摆动、振动”,主要指物体像钟摆(pendulum)一样有规律地来回摆动,

比如:

The tarnished needle on the dial oscillated between full and empty.刻度盘上失去光泽的指针在“满”和“空”之间来回摆动。

The incumbent president of the Republic oscillated between a facile audacity and a prudent realism.另外也可以在物理学里用来形容电流、无线电波等“波动、振荡”。不过 oscillate 一词在现实生活中更为常见的是用于形容情绪、态度或行为等“摇摆、波动”或者指水平、价值等“波动、浮动”,强调或多或少有规律地来回变化,比如:该共和国现任总统的施政风格时而轻率鲁莽,时而谨慎务实。

Oil markets oscillated on the day's dubious reports from Geneva.石油市场因当天来自日内瓦的可疑报道出现了起伏。

The lantern oscillated violently, and went out. The street had suddenly become black.双语名著

swing: move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis sway: move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backward and forward or from side to side wigwag: move to and fro路灯猛烈地摇晃着,熄灭了。街上一下子变得漆黑。出自法国作家维克多·雨果的长篇小说《悲惨世界》(Les Misérables,原意为“悲惨的人们”“可怜的人们”)。该小说是19世纪最著名的小说之一,故事的主线围绕主人公土伦苦刑犯冉·阿让(Jean Valjean)的个人经历,融进了法国的历史、革命、战争、道德哲学、法律、正义、宗教信仰等,多次被改编演绎成影视作品。同近义词


🔍 同近义词

  • swing: move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis
  • sway: move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backward and forward or from side to side
  • wigwag: move to and fro
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