| 英语单词 | inflection |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'flekʃn] 美 [ɪn'flekʃn] |
| 中文释义 | n.屈曲;变调;音调变化 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Say the magic words with great inflection in your voice.The magic words sound more authentic and can help make the magic happen. (2) Esperanto is an artificial international language with a vocabulary based on word roots common to many European languages and a regularized system of inflection. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 说这些词的时候音调变化强烈一些,这些词听起来就更能让人相信,从而帮助魔术成功。 (2) 世界语,一种人造的国际辅助语,其单词是建立在许多欧洲语言基础上,具有规定统一的音调变化系统。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Inflection refers to the ups and downs of a language. Even if you can’t understand Italian yet, the inflection in your professor’s voice should tip you off to whether she's asking a question, giving a command, or making a joke. |
| vocabulary扩展 | What began in the 1500s as a noun of action spelled inflexion has since evolved into inflection, a word with grammatical connotation. Inflection most often refers to the pitch and tone patterns in a person’s speech: where the voice rises and falls. But inflection also describes a departure from a normal or straight course. When you change, or bend, the course of a soccer ball by bouncing it off another person, that’s an example of inflection. |
| 柯林斯解释 | in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 inflexion 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]变音;转调;语调的抑扬变化 An inflection in someone's voice is a change in its tone or pitch as they are speaking. [WRITTEN 笔语]
2 [N-VAR 可变名词](词形的)屈折变化;屈折形式 In grammar, an inflection is a change in the form of a word that shows its grammatical function, for example a change that makes a noun plural or makes a verb into the past tense. |
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