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单词 unpredictable
释义
unpredictable
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/us
/ˌʌn.prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/
B2
likelytochangesuddenlyand withoutreasonandthereforenotableto bepredicted(=expectedbefore ithappens)ordependedon:
变幻莫测的；难以预见的，无法预测的
Theweatherthere can be unpredictable - oneminuteit'sblueskies and the nextminuteit'spouringrain.那儿的天气有点儿变幻莫测—— 一会儿晴空万里，一会儿又大雨倾盆。
Thehoursin thisjobare very unpredictable - you sometimes have toworklate at veryshortnotice.这份工作的时间非常不固定——有时突然接到通知就得工作到很晚。
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  • She's very unpredictable so there's noknowinghow she'llreactto thenews.
  • Unfortunately theoutcomeof thiskindoftreatmentcan beratherunpredictable.
  • He'sfunto be with but can be abitunpredictable attimes, you neverknowwhatkindofmoodhe's going to be in.
  • I reallyenjoyhaving aholidayin the UK, if only theweatherweren't so unpredictable.
  • Thefinishingtimeis abitunpredictable, itdependshow things go.
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unpredictability
unpredictably
(Definition ofunpredictablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unpredictable| American Dictionary

unpredictable
adjective
us
/ˌʌn·prɪˈdɪk·tə·bəl/
tendingtochangesuddenlyand withoutreasonorwarning, andthereforenotableto bedependedon:
unpredictableweather
Theworldisprettyunpredictable.

unpredictability

noun[U]us/ˌʌn·prɪˌdɪk·təˈbɪl·ət̬·i/
(Definition ofunpredictablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

unpredictable| Business English

unpredictable
adjective
uk
/ˌʌnprɪˈdɪktəbl/us
if something is unpredictable, it islikelytochangesuddenlyandunexpectedly, so cannot beplannedfor:
Toprotectit fromthe unpredictablenatureofsoftwaresales, thecompanyhasadopteda newbusinessmodel.
unpredictable effects/events/factorsUnpredictableeventscan have ahugeimpactonbondvalues.
It is a veryunpredictablemarket.
TheturmoilonWallStreetisemblematicof how thecreditmessisspreadingin unpredictableways.
anunpredictableoutcome/result
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predictable

unpredictability

noun[U]
Stockscarrymorerisksthanbondsbecause of the unpredictability ofcorporateprofits.

unpredictably

adverb
Whensharepricesgo up and down unpredictably,investorstendtositontheirhands.
(Definition ofunpredictablefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunpredictable

unpredictable
Moreover, the precision and location of neural damage is reasonably well controlled in laboratory studies but isunpredictablein the human.
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In our study, readers skipped 31% of predictable words compared with 22% of theunpredictablewords.
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The main difficulty lies in dynamic orunpredictableenvironments since frequent re-modelling and re-planning deteriorates robot performance.
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The flow and field fluctuations are nonperiodic,unpredictable, and apparently random.
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The main issue is which features of the history of life are inevitable and which are highly contingent and, therefore,unpredictable.
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Confirming our hypothesis, children included all major constituents more often from predictable thanunpredictablesentences.
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For example, dances involving supernatural creatures often suggested theunpredictable, the abnormal.
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The differences are alsounpredictablewithout engaging each person and his or her own religious narratives in each clinical situation.
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However, this effect is neglected in this model because the dust storm strength undergoes significant interannual variability and hence is almostunpredictable.
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In so doing we might have explored those areas that wereunpredictable, and therefore also different, in relation to our normal ways of thinking.
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The rural mind and thatunpredictable, non-linear phenomenon of friction conform together to produce a powerful combination.
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And that this is because it combines with other spaces of calculability in ways that are local and relativelyunpredictable.
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There is anunpredictablepotential for attracting new companies to use the existing industrial settlements and to build new industries.
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Other factors mentioned included seed availability, poor soil fertility, availability of inputs and credit and anunpredictableproducer price.
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It was this which drove the lurching,unpredictableviolence of the early colonial state.
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