| 单词 | erratic |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [i'rætik] |
| 解释 | a.反复无常的；古怪的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 反复无常的(irregula r, random, wandering)；古怪的(eccentric; queer) 【考】 discombobulated : order / erratic : consistency(混乱的没有秩序/不 一致的没有一致性)exemplary : criticized / erratic : predicted(模范的不会被批评/ 无规律的不会被预测)heroic : craven / erratic : permanent(英勇不胆小/反复无 常不持久) 【记】 err(跑)+atic→反复 无常的 【例】 Mary's behavior becomes erratic when she drinks alcohol. |
| 字源 | erratic (adj.) late 14c., "wandering, moving," from Old French erratique (13c.) and directly from Latin erraticus "wandering, straying, roving," from erratum "an error, mistake, fault," past participle of errare "to wander, err" (see err). Sense of "irregular, eccentric" is attested by 1841. The noun is from 1620s, of persons; 1849, of boulders. Related: Erratically. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 反复无常的(没有固定的或规律性的行, 缺乏连续性、规律性或一致性) = irregular = random = wandering; 古怪的(在行为观点上与习惯的作法偏离) = eccentric = queer 【记】err漫游－飘忽不定的 【类】discombobulated: order = erratic: consistence混乱的没有秩序 = 反复无常的没有一致性exemplary: criticized = erratic: predicted模范的不会被批评 = 反复无常的不会被预测heroic: craven = erratic: permanent英勇地不是胆小的 = 反复无常的不是持久的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】error； error + rat 老鼠，出了问题的老鼠一般四处乱窜，无确定路线 |
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