1. 擺動(dòng)；（大?。﹣?lái)回變化 If an object oscillates, it moves repeatedly from one position to another and back again, or keeps getting bigger and smaller.
oscillate的意思
e.g. I checked to see if the needle indicating volume was oscillating. 我查看了那根音量指針是否在擺動(dòng)。
oscillation Some oscillation of the fuselage had been noticed on early flights. 在之前的幾次飛行中，就已經(jīng)察覺(jué)到機身有些搖晃。
2. （水平、價(jià)值等）波動(dòng)，浮動(dòng) If the level or value of something oscillates between one amount and another, it keeps going up and down between the two amounts.
e.g. The share price has oscillated between a five-year high of 157.25p in 1997 and this year's low of 91.5p... 股價(jià)一直在1997年創(chuàng )下的5年間最高點(diǎn)157.25便士和今年的最低點(diǎn)91.5便士之間浮動(dòng)。 e.g. Oil markets oscillated on the day's reports from Geneva. 石油市場(chǎng)因當天來(lái)自日內瓦的報道出現了起伏。
oscillation There have always been slight oscillations in world temperature. 全球氣溫一直在輕微波動(dòng)。
3. （情緒、態(tài)度或行為）搖擺 If you oscillate between two moods, attitudes, or types of behaviour, you keep changing from one to the other and back again.
e.g. The president of the Republic oscillated between a certain audacity and a prudent realism. 該共和國總統施政風(fēng)格時(shí)而大膽冒進(jìn)，時(shí)而謹慎務(wù)實(shí)。
oscillation ...that perpetual oscillation between despair and distracted joy. 在絕望和心不在焉的歡樂(lè )之間永無(wú)休止的徘徊
oscillate英英釋義
verb
1. move or swing from side to side regularly
e.g. the needle on the meter was oscillating
Synonym: vibrate
2. be undecided about something waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
e.g. He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement