currents

英 [ˈkʌrənts]

美 [ˈkɜrənts]

n.  (海洋或江河的)水流; 气流; 电流; 思潮; 潮流; 趋向
current的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (河、湖或海的)水流，潮流
  Acurrentis a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
  1. Under normal conditions, the ocean currents of the tropical Pacific travel from east to west...
     在正常情况下，太平洋的热带洋流自东向西流。
  2. The couple were swept away by the strong current.
     这对夫妻被巨大的水流卷走了。
• N-COUNT 气流
  Acurrentis a steady flowing movement of air.
  1. I felt a current of cool air blowing in my face.
     我觉得脸上有一阵冷风吹过。
• N-COUNT 电流
  An electriccurrentis a flow of electricity through a wire or circuit.
  1. A powerful electric current is passed through a piece of graphite.
     给一块石墨通入强电流。
• N-COUNT 思潮;潮流;趋向
  A particularcurrentis a particular feeling, idea, or quality that exists within a group of people.
  1. Each party represents a distinct current of thought...
     每个党派代表一种不同的思潮。
  2. A strong current of nationalism runs through ideology and politics in the Arab world.
     一股强烈的民族主义思潮涌入阿拉伯世界的思想体系和政治体系。
• ADJ 现时的;当前的;进行中的
  Currentmeans happening, being used, or being done at the present time.
  1. The current situation is very different to that in 1990...
     当前的形势与1990年截然不同。
  2. He plans to repeal a number of current policies...
     他计划废除一些当前的政策。
  3. When asked for your views about your current job, on no account must you be negative.
     当你被问及对目前工作的看法时，绝不要表现得消极。
• ADJ 通用的;流通的;流行的
  Ideas and customs that arecurrentare generally accepted and used by most people.
  1. Current thinking suggests that toxins only have a small part to play in the build up of cellulite...
     目前普遍认为，毒素对皮下脂肪团堆积影响不大。
  2. This custom was still current in the late 1960s.
     这种习俗在20世纪60年代末仍然很普遍。
• See also:alternating currentdirect current

双语例句

• Under normal conditions, the ocean currents of the tropical Pacific travel from east to west
  在正常情况下，太平洋的热带洋流自东向西流。
• Even high resistance paths between low current conductors and nearby voltage sources can generate significant leakage currents.
  即使小电流导体和附件电压源之间的高阻通路也会产生明显的漏流。
• As other chapters have described, economic governance in America has evolved unevenly, responding to the major currents of change in the economy itself.
  正如其他章节所述，在美国，健全经济管理体制的工作因为要适应经济变化的各种潮流而并非一帆风顺。
• Oersted demonstrated that electric currents could produce magnetic effects.
  奥斯忒表演了电流能引起磁效应。
• Tides and ocean currents, which remain constant, have no effect on the correction for vehicle speed changes.
  保持不变的潮泛和海流对校正运动体速度的改变没有影响。
• Unbalances appear in a three-phase system when voltages or currents differ from on phase.
  三相系统中，某的电压或电流与其它相不相同时，就出现幅值与或相位的不平衡。
• The intense currents disperse the sewage
  急流冲散了污水。
• In convection, hot currents flow upwards.
  上升的烟柱和热气流在对流中热气流向上运动。
• Her synthesis of feminism and socialism ran counter to all other historical currents.
  她将女权主义和社会主义的结合与所有其他的历史潮流背道而驰。
• The great cosmic rhythm of the spirit sets the currents of life in motion.
  伟大的宇宙的精神的循环变化使生命的进程不止不息。