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单词 changeable
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Definition of changeable in English:

changeable

adjective ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒəb(ə)lˈtʃeɪndʒəb(ə)l
  • 1Liable to unpredictable variation.

    变化无常的

    the weather will be changeable with rain at times

    天气会很多变,有时会下雨。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The weather can be changeable, varying between sunshine and snow.
    • And obviously, we are finding his word is a very changeable thing.
    • Even the changeable, uncertain winds have a pattern and a parameter.
    • With capital punishment in the news lately, American opinion on the death penalty seems particularly changeable in response to media coverage.
    • Because businesses operate in a highly changeable environment, they need to respond to changes in a positive fashion thus making them flexible and focused on their game plans.
    • The weather of course played a major role in the outcome in 2003, hopefully as the Grand Prix has moved to June there will not be such changeable and unpredictable conditions during the race.
    • Her clinical diagnosis was just as changeable.
    • The sea is unpredictable and difficult and changeable, all the things that filming hopefully isn't.
    • During changeable weather, the temperature can veer from sub-Mediterranean to Siberian.
    • He said: ‘My mood is very changeable and this has put a huge strain on my relationship with my fiancée.’
    • They are full of whims and fancies, changeable and unpredictable.
    • Public opinion this far before the final November vote is notoriously changeable.
    • However, some very changeable conditions dogged the first race of the Scottish Flying Fifteen Championships' 25-strong fleet at Loch Earn yesterday.
    • Then for the past eight or nine months especially, I was busy with the drawing, working both up in the Comeraghs themselves but because the weather was quite changeable, also from a studio.
    • The weather is changeable and irregular with a risk of hurricanes, earthquakes, thunder and lightning.
    • But changeable wind conditions and a single erratic rain shower soon took its toll, with Carroll demoted down to sixth during a routine pitstop for new tyres.
    • Not only that, but what we want, and who we are, is as fluid and changeable as a chameleon.
    • The weather is very hot now but it is very changeable and there's been a fair amount of rain lately.
    • The uncertain economic climate has made the demand for products as changeable as the weather.
    • It is the second time the race will be there at this time of year rather than in September and high temperatures and changeable weather conditions are expected.
    Synonyms
    variable, inconstant, varying, changing, shifting, fluctuating, irregular, erratic, wavering, vacillating, inconsistent, fluid, floating, unsteady, unfixed, uneven, unstable, unsettled, turbulent, movable, mutable, chameleon-like
    fickle, capricious, temperamental, whimsical, ever-changing, kaleidoscopic, volatile, mercurial, fitful, uncertain, unpredictable, undependable, unreliable
    informal up and down, full of ups and downs, blowing hot and cold
    rare vicissitudinous, protean, chameleonic, changeful, fluctuant, variational
  • 2Able to be changed or exchanged.

    cover the tables with changeable cloths
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have to go there next week for a meeting and blithely booked a non-refundable or changeable train ticket online from London Marylebone to Warwick…
    • I move those things that are movable, change those things that are changeable and I recognise that my actions bring about order, to whichever small degree, in what can often be a chaotic or bemusing world.
    • The features that Nokia added were lifestyle features such as changeable ringtones, games, and the ability to change the casing of the phone to change its colour.
    • The phone also comes with changeable Xpress-on covers in four unique colours: Illicit Green, Mysterious Blue, Elusive Gold and Bewildered Red.
    • Every RTC bus must be provided with a mike set and be armoured with separate slides consisting of portraits of party leaders, which can be changeable according to the situation.
    • I had a friend who worked for the Federal Govt. apparently by regulation they always bought a regular full fare, fully changeable ticket.
    • Since products change and competitive conditions fluctuate, your solution must be flexible and changeable.
    • The droid shifted its changeable exterior, transforming into flight mode, and barreled after the girl, rocketing above the crowd.
    • By definition, gender refers to the differences between men and women that are socially construed, changeable over time and have wide variations within and between cultures.
    • The ruling class would prefer - no, their continued rule absolutely requires - that we believe that nothing fundamental in capitalist society is changeable.
    • To win applause from older women, St. John's design proves changeable as a kaleidoscope, with the same coat shifting its look to match denim pants and boots or skirt and formal shoes.
    • And both ‘right’ and ‘left’ are inherently relativistic and therefore changeable concepts over time.
    • Assume behaviour and roles are genetic and unchangeable and they'll remain the same; assume they are changeable and you are likely to succeed in changing them.
    • And this goes double if the insurance company does measure easily changeable behavior, such as speeding or seat belt use.
    Synonyms
    alterable, adjustable, modifiable, variable, convertible, mutable, permutable, exchangeable, interchangeable, replaceable, transposable

Derivatives

  • changeability

  • noun tʃeɪndʒəˈbɪləti
    • The femme fatale is noted for changeability and treachery.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This leads to irritability, changeability, and lack of persistence when pursuing a given objective.
      • Watercolor proves to be a compatible medium for the artist's purposes: the ephemeral effect of his pigments echoes the changeability of his study.
      • Successful health services in the 21st century must aim not merely for change, improvement, and response, but for changeability, improvability, and responsiveness.
      • This is evidence that the present warming of the climate does not go beyond the limits of natural changeability.
  • changeableness

  • noun ˈtʃeɪndʒəb(ə)lnəsˈtʃeɪndʒəbəlnəs
    • Nathaniel Hawthorne and Mark Twain also wrote of nature, particularly the changeableness of New England weather.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her changeableness and ‘playfulness,’ initially innocuous, turn menacing and finally destructive when she kills Clay after he has harangued her about himself and his tortured and hidden psyche.
      • There are only two things you can really depend on: one is the changeableness of life, and the other is the unchanging Self within you.
      • By seeing an entire life unfold in less than two hours, we gain a greater appreciation for the changeableness of human nature, and how things we might once have thought to be unthinkable turn out to be true.
      • As we refine our thinking, we must keep in mind the changeableness of an altered state.
  • changeably

  • adverb
    • Therefore, an analog signal applied to the input terminal is changeably delayed by coaction of the resistors, the capacitors and the emitter resistance adjusted by changing the constant current of the constant current source.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By contrast, all other things exist changeably in some respect, so that at some time they were or will be something that they are not now.
      • Conventional punching press machines are equipped with a magazine having a plurality of tool holders in which one punch tool is changeably mounted.

Definition of changeable in US English:

changeable

adjectiveˈCHānjəb(ə)lˈtʃeɪndʒəb(ə)l
  • 1Irregular; inconstant.

    the weather will be changeable with rain at times

    天气会很多变,有时会下雨。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The weather is changeable and irregular with a risk of hurricanes, earthquakes, thunder and lightning.
    • Then for the past eight or nine months especially, I was busy with the drawing, working both up in the Comeraghs themselves but because the weather was quite changeable, also from a studio.
    • Her clinical diagnosis was just as changeable.
    • Public opinion this far before the final November vote is notoriously changeable.
    • The weather is very hot now but it is very changeable and there's been a fair amount of rain lately.
    • It is the second time the race will be there at this time of year rather than in September and high temperatures and changeable weather conditions are expected.
    • He said: ‘My mood is very changeable and this has put a huge strain on my relationship with my fiancée.’
    • However, some very changeable conditions dogged the first race of the Scottish Flying Fifteen Championships' 25-strong fleet at Loch Earn yesterday.
    • Even the changeable, uncertain winds have a pattern and a parameter.
    • But changeable wind conditions and a single erratic rain shower soon took its toll, with Carroll demoted down to sixth during a routine pitstop for new tyres.
    • With capital punishment in the news lately, American opinion on the death penalty seems particularly changeable in response to media coverage.
    • They are full of whims and fancies, changeable and unpredictable.
    • Not only that, but what we want, and who we are, is as fluid and changeable as a chameleon.
    • And obviously, we are finding his word is a very changeable thing.
    • During changeable weather, the temperature can veer from sub-Mediterranean to Siberian.
    • Because businesses operate in a highly changeable environment, they need to respond to changes in a positive fashion thus making them flexible and focused on their game plans.
    • The weather of course played a major role in the outcome in 2003, hopefully as the Grand Prix has moved to June there will not be such changeable and unpredictable conditions during the race.
    • The sea is unpredictable and difficult and changeable, all the things that filming hopefully isn't.
    • The uncertain economic climate has made the demand for products as changeable as the weather.
    • The weather can be changeable, varying between sunshine and snow.
    Synonyms
    variable, inconstant, varying, changing, shifting, fluctuating, irregular, erratic, wavering, vacillating, inconsistent, fluid, floating, unsteady, unfixed, uneven, unstable, unsettled, turbulent, movable, mutable, chameleon-like
  • 2Able to change or be changed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Every RTC bus must be provided with a mike set and be armoured with separate slides consisting of portraits of party leaders, which can be changeable according to the situation.
    • I had a friend who worked for the Federal Govt. apparently by regulation they always bought a regular full fare, fully changeable ticket.
    • And both ‘right’ and ‘left’ are inherently relativistic and therefore changeable concepts over time.
    • I move those things that are movable, change those things that are changeable and I recognise that my actions bring about order, to whichever small degree, in what can often be a chaotic or bemusing world.
    • I have to go there next week for a meeting and blithely booked a non-refundable or changeable train ticket online from London Marylebone to Warwick…
    • The droid shifted its changeable exterior, transforming into flight mode, and barreled after the girl, rocketing above the crowd.
    • The features that Nokia added were lifestyle features such as changeable ringtones, games, and the ability to change the casing of the phone to change its colour.
    • The ruling class would prefer - no, their continued rule absolutely requires - that we believe that nothing fundamental in capitalist society is changeable.
    • To win applause from older women, St. John's design proves changeable as a kaleidoscope, with the same coat shifting its look to match denim pants and boots or skirt and formal shoes.
    • And this goes double if the insurance company does measure easily changeable behavior, such as speeding or seat belt use.
    • Assume behaviour and roles are genetic and unchangeable and they'll remain the same; assume they are changeable and you are likely to succeed in changing them.
    • By definition, gender refers to the differences between men and women that are socially construed, changeable over time and have wide variations within and between cultures.
    • The phone also comes with changeable Xpress-on covers in four unique colours: Illicit Green, Mysterious Blue, Elusive Gold and Bewildered Red.
    • Since products change and competitive conditions fluctuate, your solution must be flexible and changeable.
    Synonyms
    alterable, adjustable, modifiable, variable, convertible, mutable, permutable, exchangeable, interchangeable, replaceable, transposable
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