| 单词 | robust |
| 释义 | robust (roʊbʌst , roʊbʌst ) 1. adjective Someone or something that is robust is very strong or healthy. More women than men go to the doctor. Perhaps men are more robust or worry less? We've always specialised in making very robust, simply designed machinery. robustly adverb He became robustly healthy. robustness uncountable noun ...the robustness of diesel engines. [+ of] 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Robust views or opinions are strongly held and forcefully expressed. A British Foreign Office minister has made a robust defence of the agreement. He has the keen eye and robust approach needed. robustly adverb In the decisions we have to make about Europe, we have to defend our position very robustly indeed. robustness uncountable noun ...a prominent industrialist renowned for the robustness of his right-wing views. [+ of] Collocations: relatively robust However, the spread on the company's market value was relatively robust at between 2.25 billion and 2.4 billion. Times, Sunday Times Yet the report says the overall picture for house prices remains relatively robust. Times, Sunday Times Despite the relatively robust performance, annual growth was still among the weakest since the financial crisis a decade ago. Times,Sunday Times Their population sizes are relatively robust; a recent estimate placed their numbers at around 170,000, the researchers explain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Supermarkets, food and drinks groups and cigarette companies boast relatively robust earnings in leaner times. Times, Sunday Times Yet his robust approach certainly enlivened this old chamber music chestnut. Times, Sunday Times He has operated with quiet diplomacy, but now a more robust approach seems needed. Times, Sunday Times A robust approach would leave the matter to the officer's judgment. Times, Sunday Times Drawing on his experience of military takeovers, he took a robust approach. Times, Sunday Times A relevant, realistic, robust approach to corporate responsibility will stick and continue to add value through the downturn. Times, Sunday Times But for all the signs of robust demand, investors seem less certain. Times, Sunday Times Robust demand at a gilt auction also helped. Times, Sunday Times Export orders dipped a little, from 54.7 to 54, but continued to provide proof of robust demand from overseas. Times, Sunday Times In particular, he said, there was robust demand for risk managers, legal and tax experts and energy traders. Times, Sunday Times High-definition video content will also become increasingly accessible, alongside robust demand for online services. Times, Sunday Times In the end, only robust democracy can be the answer to the country's many difficulties. Times, Sunday Times It has gone from a corrupt democracy to a robust democracy. Times, Sunday Times A prime minister who has been in office for years will always face the biggest barrage of rotten tomatoes when exposed to our robust democracy. Times, Sunday Times Much of our aid goes to countries with less than robust democracies, dubious human rights records and, in some cases, governments that support large standing armies and space programmes. Times, Sunday Times He added that in robust democracies there was no need to defend press freedom 'because it enters nobody's mind to limit it'. Times, Sunday Times And the fuel for this robust expansion will come once more from all of us digging deeper into our pockets and flexing our plastic. Times, Sunday Times Rather, it was born of a highly conservative, rigidly ideological and constitutionally questionable commitment to the robust expansion of executive power. The Times Literary Supplement City forecasts range from a disappointing 0.2 per cent growth to a far more robust expansion of 1 per cent, with the mid-point at 0.5 per cent. Times, Sunday Times In turn, this robust expansion has eaten up ever more of the spare capacity in the economy that keeps a lid on inflation. Times, Sunday Times Although household finances are badly stretched, companies are in more robust health. Times, Sunday Times Despite constant rumours among his detractors, he remains in robust health. Mail and Guardian Experts are divided over whether this could be the year that the property market gets back to robust health or overheats. Times, Sunday Times We will come back to health, and robust health. The Sun In truth, the group looks in robust health. Times,Sunday Times After all, the underlying fundamentals dictate a robust market. Times, Sunday Times The testimony at trial established that there was a fairly robust market for sanitary landfill properties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A robust market of smaller companies continues to provide the 3745/3746, features, parts and service. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A robust market in credit default swaps can also serve as a barometer to regulators and investors about the credit health of a company or country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 First, separation of director-general (chief executive) and editor-in-chief functions with a robust model for accountability. Times, Sunday Times In any case orbital solutions are still blurry and further calculations are needed to provide a more robust model. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each hypothesis would unite the paleontological, anatomical, and molecular findings into a robust model. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sensitivity analysis allows designers to assess the effects and sources of uncertainties, in the interest of building robust models. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most robust models of consensus exclude uniformly unanimous decisions and require at least documentation of minority concerns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But if the police are to be psychologically equipped for a robust response, do they have the tools for the job? Times, Sunday Times Last weekend the world's most powerful economics professor belatedly provided a robust response. Times, Sunday Times A source said the publication of the recommended new limit had been delayed amid fears of a robust response from the multibillion-pound food industry. Times, Sunday Times Frank, of course, has a rather more robust response. Times, Sunday Times It merits a robust response from all those who should protect them. Times, Sunday Times The government had a whole summer when cases were low to build a robust system which could swat minor outbreaks. Times,Sunday Times Doctors are subject to a robust system of regulation, and training in report writing and court procedures for those giving expert evidence has improved substantially. Times, Sunday Times The bidders for the gold fix have all promised to introduce a more robust system, perhaps with pattern-recognition algorithms that would have caught such activity. Times, Sunday Times Ministers claim the problem can be fixed simply by sorting out a few gaps in an already robust system. Times, Sunday Times Stopping customers being poached by rivals would require a robust system for contacting them on a more regular basis. Times, Sunday Times For a large fitting, ensure you have a sufficiently robust ceiling fixing. Times, Sunday Times Systems for governance and monitoring were not sufficiently robust, it claimed. Times,Sunday Times He said in a recent interview that formulating a sufficiently robust stress tests for banks would be difficult. Times, Sunday Times When the banks' balance sheets were sufficiently robust and economic conditions had improved, the government sold its stake (and made money for the taxpayer). Times, Sunday Times There are checks and balances in place here, but they are not sufficiently robust. Times, Sunday Times This too was a surprisingly robust mouthful and nicely extravagant with the sodium. Times, Sunday Times Tissue samples collected as a part of her radiation treatment proved surprisingly robust in the lab. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I told him that fish are surprisingly robust, because fish don’t have bubbly lungs that would halt the blast wave and tear apart. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was also surprisingly robust. Times, Sunday Times From this single origin, her analysis suggests, the practice of constructing standing stone monuments spread during three major periods via what may have been surprisingly robust maritime travel routes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 健壮的 Japanese: 頑健な |
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