单词	modulation
释义	modulatemod‧u‧late /ˈmɒdjəleɪt $ ˈmɑːdʒə-/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINmodulate Origin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of modulari ‘to play, sing’, from modulus; ➔ MODULE Verb Table VERB TABLE modulate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they modulate he, she, it modulates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they modulated Present perfect I, you, we, they have modulated he, she, it has modulated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had modulated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will modulate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have modulated Continuous Form Present I am modulating he, she, it is modulating you, we, they are modulating Past I, he, she, it was modulating you, we, they were modulating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been modulating he, she, it has been modulating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been modulating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be modulating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been modulating Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Although glutamate is the presumed mediator, other neurotransmitters may modulate its effects. But the biggest joy is Fiorentino, who delivers a beautifully modulated seriocomic performance. Day-to-day television, in its regularity and its availability, seems regulated by repetition and modulated by acceptable difference. It can be employed progressively to modulate, by stages, from one shape to another. Second, people laugh the way they speak: by modulating exhaled air. This middle layer has a spatial light modulator that acts as a light valve to modulate the illumination. Under Lloyd Richards' carefully modulated direction, these lives fill the theater with their music. word sets WORD SETS► Broadcasting aerial, nounairtime, nounAM, nounantenna, nounatmospherics, nounaudio, adjectiveband, nounBBC, the, beacon, nounbeam, verbBeeb, the, bleep, verbboom, nounboom box, nounBritish Broadcasting Corporation, nounbroadband, nounbroadcast, nounbroadcast, verbcable television, CB, nounCCTV, nounCeefax, nounchannel, nounclosed circuit television, nouncommunications satellite, nouncontrast, noundial, nounDJ, nounexposure, nounflash, verbFM, nounfrequency, nounham, nounHz, interference, nounjam, verbkHz, kilohertz, nounlinkup, nounlive, adjectivelocal radio, nounlong wave, nounloudspeaker, nounLW, mast, nounmedium wave, nounmegahertz, nounMHz, modulate, verbmonitor, nounmono, nounmono, adjectiveNBC, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbon-air, adjectiveover, prepositionpresenter, nounprogramming, nounquadraphonic, adjectiveradio, nounradio, verbreceive, verbreceiver, nounreception, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrerun, nounrerun, verbroger, interjectionsatellite, nounsatellite dish, nounsatellite television, nounsaturation, nounscrambler, nounseries, nounset, nounshipping forecast, nounship-to-shore, adjectiveshort wave, nounsignal, nounsignature tune, nounsimulcast, verbSOS, nounsound, nounsound bite, nounsound check, nounstatic, nountelecast, nounTeletext, nountelevise, verbtelevision, nountelevision licence, nountelly, nountime signal, nountrack, verbtransistor, nountransistor radio, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbtransmitter, nountune, verbtuner, nountweeter, nountwo-way, adjectiveUHF, noununscramble, verbveejay, nounvideo, nounvideo, adjectivevideo jockey, nounvolume, nounwaveband, nounwavelength, nounwhite noise, nounwireless, noun 1[transitive] formal to change the sound of your voice2[transitive] to change a process or activity to make it more controlled, slower, less strong etc:  These drugs modulate the disease process.3[intransitive + from/to] technical to move from one key to another in a piece of music using a series of related chords4[transitive] technical to change the form of a radio signal so that it can be broadcast more effectively—modulation /ˌmɒdjəˈleɪʃən $ ˌmɑːdʒə-/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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