fluctuate

英 [ˈflʌktʃueɪt]

美 [ˈflʌktʃueɪt]

v.  (大小、数量、质量等)波动; (在…之间)起伏不定

过去式：fluctuated　第三人称单数：fluctuates　过去分词：fluctuated　现在分词：fluctuating　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8BEC

Collins.1 / BNC.11623 / COCA.12670

牛津词典

verb

• （大小、数量、质量等）波动；（在…之间）起伏不定
  to change frequently in size, amount, quality, etc., especially from one extreme to another
  1. fluctuating prices
     波动的价格
  2. During the crisis, oil prices fluctuated between $20 and $40 a barrel.
     在危机时期，每桶石油价格在20元至40元之间波动。
  3. Temperatures can fluctuate by as much as 10 degrees.
     温差可达10度之多。
  4. My mood seems to fluctuate from day to day.
     我的情绪似乎天天在变。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 变动;波动;上下浮动
  If somethingfluctuates, it changes a lot in an irregular way.
  1. Body temperature can fluctuate if you are ill.
     人患病后体温可能会上下波动。
  2. ...the fluctuating price of oil.
     油价的浮动

英英释义

verb

• be unstable
  1. The stock market fluctuates
• move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  1. the line on the monitor vacillated
  Synonym:vacillatewaver
• cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

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