| 词汇 | protean |
| 释义 | protean adjective literaryuk /prəʊˈtiː.ən/ us /ˈproʊ.t̬i.ən/ easily and continuously changing: 变化多端的，多变的 the protean talents of this comedian这位喜剧演员多才多艺的天赋 Changing frequently capricious capriciously capriciousness changeable changeful inconsistency inconsistent inconsistently inconstant inconstantly patchiness patchy ping-pong raggedly raggedness unpredictable variability volatility yo-yoing zigzag Examples of proteanprotean It is this protean nature of the symptoms and the fluctuation of clinical findings that have made delirium so difficult to diagnose and treat. Aesthetics is presented as more protean, as one would expect, but the impression is still of an architect weighing clearly definable objects in the balance. The protean nature of the pastoral has led many to refer to it not as a genre but as a mode. The purges were a mass phenomenon, but a social one, a complex, protean process with multiple functions. Moreover, these rather protean and complex changes in the vertical profile continued until shortly after midnight by which time insect numbers had declined. Findings on chest radiographs of these patients were protean including consolidation, interstitial, nodular, and cavitary lesions, and pleural effusion. Sounds can be transformed with the ease of protean dream images and often with the same sense of indescribability yet powerful impact. The protean nature of the environment caused a series of reconfigurations both from the musical and technical point of view. It is a sort of compendium to the protean variety of the profession. The protean qualities of the term are particularly evident in these last examples. The illusive, protean nature of anti-witchcraft movements meant that this uncertainty was often shared by their own acolytes. Protean thus came to mean: variable, versatile, taking many forms. It, thus, appeared that, like other thalamic relay neurons, they might shape both fast and slow cortical activity by their specific protean pattern of discharge. It may come as a surprise that the best approach to harnessing technology in all its protean elusiveness is basic human communication. These are signalled by means of 'fugitive' signs that can be understood only in their protean contexts. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。