1. 1前後矛盾的(說法、證詞);不穩定的(表現忽好忽壞)

    Describes something that doesn't stay the same or doesn't match up with itself. A person's story is 'inconsistent' if different parts of it contradict each other. A player's performance is 'inconsistent' if it's sometimes very good and sometimes not, with no steady pattern.

core核心畫面

組成in- (not) + consistent (staying the same, matching)

同家族的字

  • consistentthe base word this is built from, meaning staying the same or matching
  • consistencyshares the same root, the noun for staying steady or the same

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

inconsistentadj/ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/

  • 1

    Not consistent:

    • His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage.
    • There was of course no question of admitting that the two texts were in any way inconsistent with each other.
  • 2

    Not consistent:

    • He gave an inconsistent account of the evening, saying he called her before eight, but later that he had not talked to her until after nine.
    • He was one of those men of inconsistent politics, governed at once by prejudice and sympathies, whose 'attitude' it is impossible to foretell.
  • 3

    Not consistent:

    • “Take him for better or worse,” added Mr. Lee, “and I think he is the strangest and most inconsistent man I ever saw.” “Inconsistent!” resumed Mr. Jones. “He is worse than inconsistent. Inconsistencies may be pardoned as constitutional defects [...]”
  • 4

    human-scienceslogicmathematicsNot consistent:

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