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单词 erratic
释义
erratic
adjective
uk
/ɪˈræt.ɪk/us
/ɪˈræt̬.ɪk/
movingorbehavingin a way that is notregular,certain, orexpected:
（动作、行为等）不规则的，不确定的，无计划的
Hedrovein an erraticcoursedown theroad.他开车忽左忽右地在路上行驶。
She can be very erratic; onedayshe isfriendlyand the next she'llhardlyspeakto you.她喜怒无常，今天待你很友好，明天又懒得理你。
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erratically
(Definition oferraticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

erratic| American Dictionary

erratic
adjective
us
/ɪˈræt̬·ɪk/
changingsuddenlyandunexpectedly:
an erraticschedule
(Definition oferraticfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

erratic| Business English

erratic
adjective
uk
/ɪˈrætɪk/us
something that is erratic is notregular,certain, ororganizedinitsmovementorbehaviour:
Theerraticbehaviourof thestockmarketis makinginvestorsnervous.
Stocksclosedupslightlyafter an erraticdayoftrading.

erratically

adverb
Thestockmarkethas beenbehavingerratically.
(Definition oferraticfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoferratic

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Imports of raw cotton only gradually took up the slack-and then only in quiteerraticfashion.
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One arose from strong vortex motions near the trailing edge of a device, and the other arose fromerraticcross-stream movements of the flow pattern.
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The mode amplitude eventually settles into a train oferraticoscillations.
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For instance, the arrival of car-carrying ships iserraticand difficult to predict.
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In general, both voiced and voiceless obstruents favor glide absence; where this is not the case, the pattern iserratic.
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Here the concrete system was a radar circuit that exhibitederraticrelaxation oscillations.
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Other people may have moreerraticgrowth records with their data points scattered widely from the underlying true trajectory.
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The output-money models are only slightly better than the univariate models, and their event-probability forecasts from the late eighties onward areerratic.
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Variability over time in the same individual lookserraticin some cases or inversely, looks as regular increase or decrease for weeks.
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The difficulties in sustaining these initiatives due to staff turnover, anderraticfiscal and medical support are highlighted.
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More importantly the weather becomes moreerratic, increasing the risk of summer droughts and harvest failures.
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Erraticchoice non-deterministically chooses one if its arguments before evaluating the arguments.
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The differences between middle and basal derived setts wereerratic.
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Theseerraticeye movements cause retinal slips providing motion signals that are directionally unbiased on the time scale of the control loop (;100 ms).
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Votes on different issues are not uncorrelated; some coherence is ensured by ideology, which eliminates a large number of completelyerraticcombinations.
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