| 单词 | cyclical |
| 释义 | cyclical (once / 6678 pages) adj Though day-to-day weather changes are unpredictable, nature’s seasons can always be counted on to move in cyclical or predictable patterns. Cyclical is used to describe things that are regularly patterned or that occur in regular intervals. The root of cyclical is “cycle” which means movement in a circular fashion, or the circular fashion itself. Planets orbit the sun in cyclical patterns, the moon’s phases are cyclical as well. Some stock brokers say that the market is cyclical, but that may be just a way of telling people to keep investing when it's down. WORD FAMILYcyclical: encyclical, noncyclical+/bicycle: bicycled, bicycler, bicycles, bicycling, bicyclist/bicycler: bicyclers/bicyclist: bicyclists/cycle: bicycle, cycled, cycles, cyclic, cyclical, cycling, cyclist, unicycle/cyclic: cyclically, cyclicity, noncyclic/cyclist: cyclists/encyclical: encyclicals/unicycle: unicycles, unicycling, unicyclist/unicyclist: unicyclists USAGE EXAMPLESThe mercury got a boost from a record-challenging El Niño event, a cyclical warming of the tropical Pacific, which dispersed heat around the globe. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The sector fell about 35% in the three trading days following the referendum as investors rushed into less cyclical, more international companies. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Profitability in the cyclical airline industry peaked in 2016 and is trending down, he said. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) adj recurring in cycles Syn|Ant cyclic alternate, alternating occurring by turns; first one and then the other alternateevery second one of a series circular, orbitual, rotarydescribing a circle; moving in a circle noncyclic, noncyclical not cyclic |
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