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current

英 ['kʌr(ə)nt] 美['kɝənt]

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近义词present happening

adj. 现在的；流通的，通用的；最近的；草写的
n. （水，气，电）流；趋势；涌流
n. (Current)人名；(英)柯伦特

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复数: currents;

中文词源

current 当前的，流通的

来自PIE*kers, 跑，词源同car,course.

英英释意

1. a flow of electricity through a conductor;: "the current was measured in amperes"

2. a steady flow (usually from natural causes);: "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"

3. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;: "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

英文词源

current: current: [13] Current literally means ‘running’. It comes from Old French corant, the present participle of courre ‘run’, which in turn was descended from Latin currere ‘run’. This has been traced back to a prehistoric root denoting ‘swift movement’, which probably also produced car, career, carry, and charge. The Latin verb itself has a wide range of descendants in English, from the obvious courier [16] to the more heavily disguised corridor [16] (originally literally ‘a run’), occur and succour.

For the English offspring of its past participle cursus see COURSE. The sense ‘of the present time’ (first recorded in the 17th century) comes from the notion of ‘running in time’ or ‘being in progress’.
=> car, carry, charge, corridor, courier, course, occur, succour
current (adj.): c. 1300, "running, flowing," from Old French corant "running, lively, eager, swift," present participle of corre "to run," from Latin currere "to run, move quickly" (of persons or things), from PIE *kers- "to run" (cognates: Greek -khouros "running," Lithuanian karsiu "go quickly," Old Norse horskr "swift," Old Irish and Middle Welsh carr "cart, wagon," Breton karr "chariot," Welsh carrog "torrent"). Meaning "prevalent, generally accepted" is from 1560s.
current (n.): late 14c., from Middle French corant (Modern French courant), from Old French corant (see current (adj.)). Applied 1747 to the flow of electrical force.

同义词辨析

modern, contemporary, current, recent, present, up-to-date

这些形容词均有"现代的，当代的"之意。

modern：指现代或近代，时期可长可短。也可指新颖、时髦的。

contemporary：仅指当今这个时代，不涉及任何过去的时代。但可表示不同的人或物存在于同一时代。

current：指目前存在和发生的。

recent：表示新近的，最近的，时间的长短依据所修饰的人或物而定。

present：是这些词中语气最强的一个。指现在正发生、起作用的。

up-to-date：一般用于非正式场合，指很时新、能反映当前的最新发展。

trend, tendency, current

这些名词均含"趋势，倾向"之意。

trend：指事物发展总的方向、倾向或趋势。

tendency：指固有或习得的倾向性，强调没有外来的影响或干扰。

current：指向某一方面发展或在趋向中行动。

考试真题

Consider the current moment in your own life, your team or your organization.

But current studies are beginning to place greater emphasis on the conditions under which we forget, as its importance begins to be more appreciated.

Yet the cost we project for saving civilization would amount to less than $200 billion a year, 1/6 of current global military spending.

The cost for saving our civilization would be considerably less than the world's current military spending.

Since the current world food shortage is trend-driven, the environmental trends that cause it must be reversed.

Environmental problems must be solved to ease the current global food shortage.

You may need to start by encouraging your current network to help you identify your blind spots.

The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education isn't an either/or proposition(命题),although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM（science, technology, engineering, maths）-related fields can make it seem that way.

Practical skills urgently needed in current society.

What I mean by that is the current perspective of the digital textbook is it's an exact copy of the print book.

Inkling CEO Matt Maclnnis explains that the problem with Course Smart's current digital textbooks is that they have to be revised repeatedly

Only Ford may survive in its current form.

In March its chief executive was fired by Time's current Man of the Year, Mr Obama

According to Arne Sorenson, the president of Marriott hotels, the current recession hit his business as hard as the 9/11 terrorist attack.

In the long run, the Depression weakened American families, and the current crisis will probably do the same.

Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment

In the initial stage, the current economic crisis is likely to tear many troubled families apart.

What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples

He is dissatisfied with its current service.

What is most noticeable about the current trend in high school education

Bring him up to date on the current situation in Milan.

They think they should follow the current trend.

But respondents had decidedly mixed feelings about what actions make for a better life in the current economy.

Current life structures, career paths, educational choices, and social norms are out of tune with the emerging reality of longer lifespans.

If current trends continue, then by 2050 there will be more than a million in the, US alone.

In the meantime, the current collection will be closed.

since the current world food shortage is trend-driven, the environmental trends that cause it must be reversed.

The city's current mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, has ridiculed UNESCO and told it to mind its own business, while continuing to support the cruise ship industry, which employs 5, 000 Venice residents.

This is similar to what's happening in the coal and oil industries, a situation that fuels much of the current political discontent in this county.

You may need to start by encouraging your current network to help you identify your blind spots.

Unfortunately, the current low prices for oil, gas, and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels.

The current low fossil fuel price environment will thus certainly delay the energy transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources.

Well, my current research is really about consumer behaviour.

They have doubt about current green certification.

He thinks it the only way out of the current food crisis.

Pushing the current world leaders to come to a consensus.

And it is clearly up to the current generation of leaders from high-emitting nations to decide whether they want to be remembered as climate change tyrants or pioneers.

The current situation in American higher education may not last long.

It will take a long time to change the current trend in higher education.

Efforts to accelerate the current energy transitions didn't succeed as expected.

Changing the current energy system requires the systematic training of professionals and skilled labor.

As an organization of volunteers, AMSAT was putting "amateur" satellites in orbit decades before the current Cube Sat craze.

Co-author Céline Le Bohec, from the University of Strasbourg in France, warned: "If there're no actions aimed at haling or controlling global warming, and the pace of the current human- induced changes such as climate change and overfishing stays the same

Current services originate in two key measures.

Soon, our current smartphone lifestyle will expand to create our own smart home lifestyle too.

Even in its current state, the Internet has extended my memory and judgment.

For college work you should own a current desk dictionary.

If current trends don't bend, Russia's population will be about the size of Yyemen's by the year 2050.

If the copyright date of your current dictionary shows that it was published five or more years ago, consider investing in a more recent edition.

Students are placed into classes according to their current language skills.

The shock and anger when a social media firm does something with data that people don't expect, even if users have apparently permission, show that the current situation isn't working.

Their findings were published in current biology in 2017.

These developments are likely to make our current problems with robocalls much worse.

Using technology to provide students with current information: and?

The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought.

At any rate, this change will ultimately be acclaimed by an ever-growing number of both domestic and international consumers, regardless of how long the current consumer pattern will take hold.

Its current leader, Ed Miliband, owes his position to votes from public-sector unions.

But many within the public sector suffer under the current system, too.

Some blame for the current controversy belongs to astronomers.

"Children may face serious difficulties in coping with significant moves, especially if it removes them from their current school or support system," he said.

given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year—a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.

How the whole image is then assembled and perceived is still a mystery although it is the subject of current research.

In other words, they all share a view that the international tax system has failed to keep up with the current economy.

In short, the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.

It says that the problem is not merely that people do bad science, but that our current system of career advancement positively encourages it.

The communities minister, Don Foster, has hinted that George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, may introduce more flexibility to the current cap on the amount that local authorities can borrow against their housing stock debt.

The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying impressionists at the end of 1989.

This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.

实用场景例句

current prices: 时价

a budget for the current year: 今年的预算

your current employer: 你现在的雇主

words that are no longer current: 已不再通用的词

He swam to the shore against a strong current .: 他逆着急流游向岸边。

Birds use warm air currents to help their flight.: 鸟利用暖气流助飞。

a 15 amp electrical current: 15安培的电流

Ministers are worried by this current of anti-government feeling.: 部长们对这股反政府情绪感到担忧。

Under normal conditions, the ocean currents of the tropical Pacific travel from east to west...: 在正常情况下，太平洋的热带洋流自东向西流。

The couple were swept away by the strong current.: 这对夫妻被巨大的水流卷走了。

I felt a current of cool air blowing in my face.: 我觉得脸上有一阵冷风吹过。

A powerful electric current is passed through a piece of graphite.: 给一块石墨通入强电流。

Each party represents a distinct current of thought...: 每个党派代表一种不同的思潮。

A strong current of nationalism runs through ideology and politics in the Arab world.: 一股强烈的民族主义思潮涌入阿拉伯世界的思想体系和政治体系。

The current situation is very different to that in 1990...: 当前的形势与1990年截然不同。

He plans to repeal a number of current policies...: 他计划废除一些当前的政策。

Current thinking suggests that toxins only have a small part to play in the build up of cellulite...: 目前普遍认为，毒素对皮下脂肪团堆积影响不大。

This custom was still current in the late 1960s.: 这种习俗在20世纪60年代末仍然很普遍。

Electric current is often powerful enough to kill a man.: 电流常强得足以致命.

The current from these parallel generators will add up to make a total flow of 500 amperes.: 这些并联的发电机所产生的电流累计在一起,总电流达到500安培.

The book provides a thorough critique of current theories.: 那本书对当今理论予以全面透彻的评论.

There is a story about her in the current number.: 最近一期上有关于她的故事.

Those who let themselves be guided by the current course of events are real heroes.: 识时务者为俊杰.

The machine will start running as soon as the electric current is turned on.: 电流一接通,机器就立刻开始运转.

The adventure changed the whole current of his life.: 那场奇遇改变了他人生的方向.

The current had a northeasterly set.: 水朝东北方流去.

The swimmer was striving against the current.: 游泳者正在和激浪搏斗.

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