erratic

[英] [ɪˈrætɪk] [美] [ɪˈrætɪk] 生词本

adj.

n.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 不稳定的;难以预测的;不规则的 Something that is erratic does not follow a regular pattern, but happens at unexpected times or moves along in an irregular way. 
  • Argentina's erratic inflation rate threatens to upset the plans.

    阿根廷动荡不定的通货膨胀率可能会破坏那些计划。

  • ...the family's erratic affairs.

    那个家庭发生的稀奇古怪的事情

erratically
  • Police stopped him for driving erratically.

    因为他开车左冲右突,警察把他截了下来。

Adjective

1. having no fixed course;

  • "an erratic comet"
  • "his life followed a wandering course"
  • "a planetary vagabond"

2. liable to sudden unpredictable change;

  • "erratic behavior"
  • "fickle weather"
  • "mercurial twists of temperament"
  • "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"

3. likely to perform unpredictably;

  • "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"
  • "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"
  • "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster

体育

  • 1.飘忽不定的
  • 2.不规律的
  • 3.情绪失常
  • 4.技术反常

医学

  • 1.①游走的,移动的;②偏离的,偏执的,固执的

计算机

  • 1.【修】不正确,错误;不稳定
1. He is a very erratic football player.
他是个技术非常不稳定的足球队员。

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2. The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.
经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》