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Unpredictable Describe Game Weather Unpredictably Unpredictability 英 ˌʌnprɪ'Dɪktəbl] 美

英语单词 unpredictable
英美音标 英 [ˌʌnprɪ'dɪktəbl] 美 [ˌʌnprɪ'dɪktəbl]
中文释义 adj.不可预知的
英语例句 (1) A young woman spends a curiously unpredictable day with a stranger.
(2) What tied it all together was a foundation in the blues, a reliance on group interplay and unpredictable improvisation.
中文例句 (1) 一个年青女子和一个陌生人,度过了奇怪和不可预知的一天。
(2) 而将这些形式连接在一起的是蓝调音乐的这一根基,以及依靠的是整个乐队成员的交互演奏和不可预知的即兴演奏。
vocabulary简明 When something's unpredictable, it doesn't happen at expected times or it can't be predicted. If trains were unpredictable, they wouldn't follow a set schedule and you'd never know when one would arrive.
vocabulary扩展 The adjective unpredictable can also describe something that's unexpected or not known in advance. Your soccer team's skill level might be wildly unpredictable — from game to game your coach never knows what you guys will do. It can be an insult if someone calls you an unpredictable person. That means people can't rely on you for things, such as consistently good work or keeping your promises.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无法预言的;不可预测的;难以预料的 If you describe someone or something as unpredictable, you mean that you cannot tell what they are going to do or how they are going to behave.
  • He is utterly unpredictable.

    他是个高深莫测的人。

  • ...Britain's notoriously unpredictable weather.

    众所周知,英国的天气一向变幻莫测

unpredictably
  • Monthly costs can rise or fall unpredictably.

    每月的花费可能增加也可能减少,很难预测。

  • ...her husband's unpredictably violent behavior to others.

    她丈夫对他人难以捉摸的暴力行为

unpredictability
  • ...the unpredictability of the weather.

    天气的变化莫测

  • ...a reputation for unpredictability.

    出了名的变幻无常

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