Fluctuation

(noun.) the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; 'he kept a record of price fluctuations'.

(noun.) a wave motion; 'the fluctuations of the sea'.

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• One is reminded of the lines of Tennyson: Large elements in order brought And tracts of calm from tempest made, And world fluctuation swayed In vassal tides that followed thought. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• She remained sitting, though the fluctuation in her look might have told any man who knew her so well as Wildeve that she was thinking of him. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Chronometers were invented, distinguished from watches and clocks, by means by which the fluctuation of the parts caused by the variations in temperature are obviated or compensated. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• We will not follow the fluctuations of the power and prestige of the English Parliament through the time of the Tudor monarchs (_i. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But under the most stable conditions there will always be fluctuations in currency value. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There have been fluctuations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We have now seen Miss Wilson in various fluctuations of her reign; but not in all of them. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It is well known that the diaphragm of a telephone vibrates with the fluctuations of the current energizing the magnet beneath it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Chosroes II (590-628), the grandson of Chosroes I, experienced extraordinary fluctuations of fortune. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Our world to-day seems to be emerging with fluctuations from a prolonged phase of adversity and extreme conditions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Fluctuations in the lake due to floods are controlled by an immense spillway dam built of concrete. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They are not regular changes; they are slow fluctuations between heat and cold. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Emma watched her through the fluctuations of this speech, and saw no alarming symptoms of love. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The former secures unity, order, and law; the latter signify multiplicity and discord, irrational fluctuations from one estate to another. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Apart from motions, a complete diorama of the fluctuations of the game went on in their eyes. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The phases and fluctuations of its ascent we cannot record here. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In obedience to my instructions, I have exhibited the fluctuations in my opinion of our Christian Hero, exactly as I find them recorded in my diary. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

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