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Modulate Voice Sound Change Number Verb 动词   [V

英语单词 modulate
英美音标 英 ['mɒdjuleɪt] 美 ['mɑːdʒəleɪt]
中文释义 v.调整;调节(声音);变调
英语例句 (1) The speaker had a really noble voice which he could modulate with great skill.
(2) Please modulate the sound on the TV.
(3) Moreover, it has been shown to induce steatosis, modulate apoptosis, and increase cellular oncogenic potential.
中文例句 (1) 这位演说者有副相当好的嗓子,他能很技巧地调整它。
(2) 请调节一下电视机的音量。
(3) 更且,它会引起脂肪变性,调节细胞凋亡,增加细胞的致癌性。
vocabulary简明 Is your friend's voice so high-pitched that people are starting to stare? Sweetly ask, "Can you modulate your voice, please? To modulate is to change the pitch of something.
vocabulary扩展 You can modulate things other than sound — it still refers to something that's being adjusted. Schools might modulate the number of students in the hallways at the same time by having each grade level start and end each at a different time. Traffic lights can modulate the number of cars that pass through an intersection in a certain interval. Computer modems modulate signals to allow computers to transfer information. In fact, modem gets its name from modulate/demodulate.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]改变,调节(嗓音或声音) If you modulate your voice or a sound, you change or vary its loudness, pitch, or tone in order to create a particular effect.
  [V n]
  [Also V]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • He carefully modulated his voice.

    他小心地压低了声音。

modulated
  • 'Who's this?' asked a well-modulated voice.

    一个优美的声音问道:“谁呀?”

2
[VERB 动词]调节;调整 To modulate an activity or process means to alter it so that it is more suitable for a particular situation.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • These chemicals modulate the effect of potassium.

    这些化学物质可以调节钾的功效。

modulation
  • The famine turned the normal modulation of climate into disaster.

    正常的气候变化因饥荒而成了灾难。

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