erratic
英[ɪ'rætɪk] 美[ɪ'rætɪk]
"erratic behavior"
"fickle weather"
"mercurial twists of temperament"
"a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"
"an erratic comet"
"his life followed a wandering course"
"a planetary vagabond"
"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"
1.不稳定的;难以预测的；不规则的
Something that iserratic does not follow a regular pattern, but happens at unexpected times or moves along in an irregular way.
e.g. Argentina'serratic 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。
e.g. ...the family'serratic affairs.
那个家庭发生的稀奇古怪的事情
1. 游走的,移动的：erisophake 晶状体吸盘 |erratic 游走的,移动的 | error 误差,错误
2. 不稳定的：equitable#公平的;公正的 |erratic#不稳定的 | erroneous#错误的
3.
3. 漂石：erosion cycle侵蚀循环 |erratic漂石 | eruption爆发
4. 奇怪的：odd 怪诞的,奇数的 |erratic 奇怪的 | weird 怪异的,不可思议的
Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.
道格拉斯29岁，是个技术不错的拳击手，在以前的比赛中发挥不太稳定。
Businessmen are displeased with erratic economic policy-making.
商界人士对变化无常的经济决策很是恼火。
The electricity supply here is quite erratic.
这里的电力供应相当不稳定。
He is a very erratic football player.
他是个技术非常不稳定的足球队员.
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。
The speck would be jarred into more erratic motion.
微粒将受到更为反复无常的冲击.
The radio flux is extremely variable, exhibiting erratic outbursts.
射电流量变化极大, 显示出无规则爆发.
Field studies have shown erratic results and low virus removal in general.
实地研究指出,病毒的去除量一般都很少,并且不稳定.
He is a good fellow, but then he is so erratic.
他是个好人, 但是另一方面,他又是那样的乖僻.
The erratic fluctuation of market prices are in consequence of unstable economy.
经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落.
Our rowboat's course was erratic after we lost the oars.
丢了桨之后我们划艇的航向飘忽不定.
The old man had always been cranky and erratic.
那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常.
Foliation, bloom, and production became erratic.
萌芽 、 开花和结果变得很不正常.
She is a very erratic tennis player.
她是个极其难以捉摸的网球手.
He was like a stormy, erratic boy.
他好象是个性急的古怪的孩子.
The animal was moving in a curiously erratic path,..making little darts to right or left.
出自：A. C. Clarke