volatile

英 ['vɒlətaɪl] 美['vɑlətl]
  • adj. [化学] 挥发性的;不稳定的;爆炸性的;反覆无常的
  • n. 挥发物;有翅的动物
  • n. (Volatile)人名;(意)沃拉蒂莱

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名词: volatility;

中文词源


volatile 浮动的,易挥发的

来自拉丁语volare,飞,可能来自will,意愿,引申义浮动的,挥发的。

英英释意


1. a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor;
"it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"

英文词源


volatile
volatile: see volley
volatile (adj.)
1590s "fine or light," also "evaporating rapidly" (c. 1600), from Middle French volatile, from Latin volatilis "fleeting, transitory; swift, rapid; flying, winged," from past participle stem of volare "to fly" (see volant). Sense of "readily changing, flighty, fickle" is first recorded 1640s. Volatiles in Middle English meant "birds, butterflies, and other winged creatures" (c. 1300).

考试真题


What the plants pump through the air is a mixture of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds, vocs for short.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

实用场景例句


a highly volatile personality
反复无常的个性

牛津词典

a highly volatile situation from which riots might develop
可能会出现动乱的极不稳定的局势

牛津词典

a volatile exchange rate
剧烈波动的汇率

牛津词典

Petrol is a volatile substance.
汽油是挥发性物质。

牛津词典

There have been riots before and the situation is volatile...
以前曾发生过暴乱,现在局势不太稳定。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The international oil markets have been highly volatile since the early 1970s...
从20世纪70年代初开始,国际石油市场就一直很不稳定。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He accompanied the volatile actress to Hollywood the following year...
第二年他陪着这位情绪无常的女演员去了好莱坞。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He has a volatile temper.
他脾气反复无常。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It's thought that the blast occurred when volatile chemicals exploded.
人们认为,易挥发的化学物质爆炸时产生了冲击波。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Of course, that's an average figure, so some foreign were indeed more volatile than the U.
当然, 这只是个平均值, 某些外国股市的波动的确比美国市场更剧烈.

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Chloral is a colorless, volatile liquid with a very penetrating odor and boiling at 97.7℃.
三氯乙醛是无色挥发性的液体,带有刺激性很强的气味,在97.7℃沸腾.

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All dealing spreads are subject to variation, especially in volatile market conditions.
所有的交易差价都可能发生变化, 特别是在一个市场极其波动的情况下.

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A volatile stock would have a high standard deviation.
不稳定的股票会有一个高的标准离差.

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He is highly nervous and volatile in temperament.
他生性神经过敏,喜怒无常.

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Volatile content is determined by baking a sample under specified time and temperature conditions.
可挥发份含量通过烘烤样品在确定的时间和温度条件下得到.

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Women fought with riot police as fresh protests broke out in China's volatile Xinjiang province today.
维族妇女与防爆警察产生冲突,这一事件是在中国新疆维吾尔族自治区爆发事件后新的公开示威活动.

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The method is not suitable for bearingoil because it is volatile on the ground.
因轻质油在地面易挥发,所以不宜使用该方法进行判识.

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Mercury is appreciably volatile even at room temperature.
即使在室温下,水银的发挥性也很显著.

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Edwards was a dangerously volatile character.
爱德华喜怒无常,十分危险.

《简明英汉词典》

Results 24 and 28 compounds of volatile oils from Artemisia and Artemisia annul L. were identified.
结果从分析的结果来看,在青蒿中共鉴定出24个化合物,黄花蒿中鉴定出28个化合物.

期刊摘选

Still, traders described conditions in the financial markets as unsettled and volatile.
不过, 交易员仍将金融市场状况形容为走势不稳且波动.

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Kites are volatile in the wild wind.
风筝在大风中能飞.

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Shishinanliao volatile, as you are sitting in my arms and let me SHI the same.
世事难料变化无常, 就象你现在坐在我的怀里,任由我施为一样.

期刊摘选

Objective : To screen the extraction process of volatile oil in Xanthium Powder.
目的: 筛选加味苍耳子散挥发油提取工艺.

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OBJECTIVE : To study pharmacological effects of bornyl acetate, the main ingredient of Amomum villosum volatile oil.
目的: 研究砂仁挥发油主要成分乙酸龙脑酯的药理作用.

期刊摘选

With the markets being so volatile, investments are at great risk.
由于市场那么变化不定, 投资冒着很大的风险.

《简明英汉词典》

It is like the sense of chill that follows immersion of the hand in a volatile liquid.
这很像把手浸入挥发性液体后的那种凉飕飕的感觉.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

a highly volatile personality
反复无常的个性

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

There have been riots before and the situation is volatile.
以前曾发生过暴乱,现在局势不太稳定。

柯林斯例句