| 单词 | unpredictable |
| 释义 | unpredictable (once / 3138 pages) adj When something's unpredictable, it doesn't happen at expected times or it can't be predicted. If trains were unpredictable, they wouldn't follow a set schedule and you'd never know when one would arrive. The adjective unpredictable can also describe something that's unexpected or not known in advance. Your soccer team's skill level might be wildly unpredictable — from game to game your coach never knows what you guys will do. It can be an insult if someone calls you an unpredictable person. That means people can't rely on you for things, such as consistently good work or keeping your promises. WORD FAMILYunpredictable: unpredictability, unpredictably+/predict: predictable, predicted, predicting, prediction, predictive, predictor, predicts/predictability: predictabilities/predictable: predictability, predictably, unpredictable/predicted: unpredicted/prediction: predictions/predictive: predictively, unpredictive/predictor: predictors/unpredictability: unpredictabilities USAGE EXAMPLESHer screen presence was largely one of an irrepressible, unpredictable energy, all pluck and sass, and she seemed to live her life that way too. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) But human activity is a huge — and unpredictable — factor in avalanches. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) "It's like a final for us if you want to be there until the end of the season. "But football is unpredictable. BBC(Dec 26, 2016) 1adj unknown in advance an unpredictable (or indeterminable) future Syn indeterminable, undeterminable not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained 2adj not occurring at expected times Syn irregular sporadic recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances 3adj not capable of being foretold Syn|Ant uncertain not certain to occur; not inevitable aleatorydependent on chance capricious, freakishchangeable episodic, occasionaloccurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals unforeseeableincapable of being anticipated predictable capable of being foretold certain, surecertain to occur; destined or inevitable foreseeablecapable of being anticipated inevitableinvariably occurring or appearing |
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