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erraticism

英[ɪ'rætɪk] 美[ɪ'rætɪk]
  • adj.古怪的;飘忽不定的;不稳定的

详细释义

Adjective:
  1. liable to sudden unpredictable change;

    "erratic behavior"
    "fickle weather"
    "mercurial twists of temperament"
    "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"

  2. having no fixed course;

    "an erratic comet"
    "his life followed a wandering course"
    "a planetary vagabond"

  3. likely to perform unpredictably;

    "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"
    "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"
    "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"

双语例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. He was like a stormy, erratic boy.
      他好象是个性急的古怪的孩子。
    2. Though occasionally chatty, his moods were erratic.
      他虽然有时健谈,但是他的脾气却很难捉摸。
    3. An erratic mind jump from one idea to another.
      心意不定的人反复无常。
    4. They no longer fear the erratic behavior of the market.
      他们永远不害怕市场飘忽不定的行为。
    5. This clock is rather erratic.
      这个钟不太准。
    6. Deliveries of goods are erratic.
      不按规定送货。

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