| 释义 |
co-vary, v.|kəʊˈvɛərɪ|
[Back-formation from covariation]
intr. (See quot. 1961.) So co-ˈvarying vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1950F. Eggan Social Organiz. W. Pueblos 8 Conditions under which social phenomena correlate or covary. 1957Eng. Lang. Teaching Oct.–Dec. 8 In the measure that the co-varying of the sentences with the situations..takes effect, structure is generated and informs the sentences. Ibid., He must so dispose his presentation as to make the influence of other relevant co-varying sequences as operative as may be. 1961C. H. McDowell Dict. Math. 33 Covary, to change together with something else so as to preserve certain interrelations unchanged. 1970Nature 16 May 618/1 If alpha waves are indeed generated by the potential across the eye, the amplitudes of the former and the latter should co-vary. |