volatile
volatile 英 [ˈvɒlətaɪl] 美 [ˈvɑlətl]
adj. [化学] 挥发性的；不稳定的；爆炸性的；反复无常的 n. 挥发物；有翅的动物
名词复数:volatiles
- Watch out when a situation becomes volatile — it is likely to change for the worse suddenly. If you and your best friend have a volatile relationship, you frequently fight and make up.
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- adj. [化学] 挥发性的；不稳定的；爆炸性的；反复无常的
- n. 挥发物；有翅的动物
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1. What is driving these oil price spikes when so little of the oil supply is affected? Why is the market so volatile?
在这么少的原油供应影响下，是什么在导致油价的急剧飚升？市场为什么会如此不稳定？
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2. It can either work for you or against you, but most likely, due to its volatile nature, it’s most likely to work against you.
它既可为你所用，也会跟你对着干，但由于它本身不稳定的这一天性，最有可能发生的便是后者。
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3. Although the researchers are not sure how bacteria detect airborne ammonia, they have some hypotheses about why bacteria produce slime in response to volatile ammonia.
尽管研究人员并不确定细菌是如何识别出到空气中的氨，但他们已经有了某些假设关于细菌为何能产生粘液以回应挥发性的氨。
- volatile (adj.) 1590s "fine or light," also "evaporating rapidly" (c. 1600), from Middle French volatile, from Latin volatilis "fleeting, transitory; swift, rapid; flying, winged," from past participle stem of volare "to fly" (see volant). Sense of "readily changing, flighty, fickle" is first recorded 1640s. Volatiles in Middle English meant "birds, butterflies, and other winged creatures" (c. 1300).
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