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小词详解 | volatile
volatile 英 [ˈvɒlətaɪl] 美 [ˈvɑːlətl]
Energy companies are keen to produce oil and gas more efficiently, as they grapple with volatile prices and uncertain long-term demand.
能源企业要努力应对价格波动和长期需求充满变数的局面,因而迫切想提高油气生产效率。
——《经济学人》Clients are looking for relatively less volatile investments.
客户们想要波动相对较小的投资。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] (指物质)在常温下容易挥发的
挥发性溶剂是一种在室温下挥发的液体。
Volatile solvents are liquids that vaporize at room temperature.
那恬不知耻的女人几乎在跟房间里的每一个男人调情。那些男人们都不知道她的个性高度反复无常。
That brazen woman was flirting with just about every man in the room. None of those men knew that she had a highly volatile personality.那个身高体壮的男人脾气十分暴躁,别人很难与他相处。
The hefty man had a volatile temper and couldn't have been easy to live with.
骚乱进行了好几个月,现在局势仍不太稳定。
The riot waged for several months and the situation is still volatile.一旦新总统就职,食品和燃料的价格将极易波动。
Food and fuel prices will be very volatile once the new president is inaugurated.
那个红颜不常的美人挽回了她受损的公众形象。
The volatile beauty salvaged her tarnished public image.所有这些动辄引起的疑心最终酿成悲剧。
All these volatile suspicions culminated in tragedy.
I'm very volatile, for instance. And I have trouble making up my mind about things.
比方说,我很容易发脾气,也满优柔寡断的。
mercurial: subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind capricious: given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour whimsical: acting or behaving in a capricious manner