Verb:

1. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;

   "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
   

2. move or swing from side to side regularly;

   "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
   

1.摆动；（大小）来回变化
If an objectoscillates, it moves repeatedly from one position to another and back again, or keeps getting bigger and smaller.

oscillate的意思

e.g. I checked to see if the needle indicating volume was oscillating.
我查看了那根音量指针是否在摆动。

oscillation
Some oscillation of the fuselage had been noticed on early flights.
在之前的几次飞行中，就已经察觉到机身有些摇晃。

2.（水平、价值等）波动，浮动
If the level or value of somethingoscillates between one amount and another, it keeps going up and down between the two amounts.

e.g. The share price has oscillated between a five-year high of 157.25p in 1997 and this year's low of 91.5p...
股价一直在1997年创下的5年间最高点157.25便士和今年的最低点91.5便士之间浮动。
e.g. Oil markets oscillated on the day's reports from Geneva.
石油市场因当天来自日内瓦的报道出现了起伏。

oscillation
There have always been slight oscillations in world temperature.
全球气温一直在轻微波动。

3.（情绪、态度或行为）摇摆
If youoscillate between two moods, attitudes, or types of behaviour, you keep changing from one to the other and back again.

e.g. The president of the Republic oscillated between a certain audacity and a prudent realism.
该共和国总统施政风格时而大胆冒进，时而谨慎务实。

oscillation
...that perpetual oscillation between despair and distracted joy.
在绝望和心不在焉的欢乐之间永无休止的徘徊

1. 振荡：然而,当微中子穿越物质的过程中,它们会变换形式,或称之为「振荡(oscillate)」;振荡的大小则与物质的电子密度有关,电子密度又与此处全部物质的平均密度有关,因此科学家可以藉由精密测量微中子的振荡模式来决定地球内部的物质密度.

2. 振动：而Torres的弧型面板的弯度是来自于扇型力木(fan-struts)、琴桥(bridge)、和组装的技巧(如中间挖洞的工作板solera使用),使弧型面板(domingsoundboard)能像横隔膜(diaphragm)一样上下来回振动(oscillate).

3. oscillate的近义词

3. 摇摆：正是这一形象使人们选用,这根本正是对应著:重大成功是来自那不可知的因素.到底是时势造英雄还是英雄造时势,其实两者都各占其说服力的理据,然而,真正的内核是,这句说话根本是一句摇摆(oscillate)的话语,若果它不再在两者间摇摆,

4. oscillate的翻译

4. 动摇,犹豫:犹豫不决v.振荡：indurate v.坚硬 |oscillate 动摇,犹豫:犹豫不决v.振荡 | vacillate v.犹豫不定

The price of grain slightly oscillated last year.

去年的谷物价格略有波动。

A pendulum oscillates.

摆锤能摆动。

Manic depressives oscillate between depression and elation.

躁狂抑郁症患者抑郁与躁狂交替发作。

He oscillates between political extremes.

他的政治观点在两个极端之间摇摆不定。

On an oscilloscope, you can see an electrical current oscillate up and down.

在示波器上面你可以看到一股电流上下振动.

He seemed to oscillate between very drunk and icy sober.

他似乎是在酩酊大醉和完全清醒之间摆来摆去.

It is true that system could oscillate back - wards and forwards in this dead zone.

不过,系统在这个死区内可能会发生来回的振荡.

The standard EBU model can not drive combustion to oscillate.

EBU模型不包含燃烧振荡机理.

Don't let the radio oscillate as you might bother reception of others.

但是不要发生振荡,这样会影响到其他人的接受.

White light molecule, oscillate the tiny impurities of your cell continuously.

白色的光分子, 不断地振荡细胞中较微细的杂质.

When protons are placed in a magnetic field, they oscillate.

将质子置于磁场中时, 它们就会振动.

To vary from or oscillate setting , position , or mode of operation.

用于修饰或说明安全工作方式或编码工作方式.

Manic depressives oscillate between depression and elation.

躁狂抑郁症患者抑郁与躁狂交替发作.

Opamps will often oscillate when driving capacitive loads.

放大器驱动容性负载时经常振荡.

To sway from one side to the other; oscillate.

摇摆从一边摇向另一边; 摇动.

O. oscillate between work and rest every day.

每天都有规律地工作与休息.

Base band and overtone will be generated at the same string of stringed instrument oscillate.

弦乐器琴弦的振动中包含基频与泛频,在一定位置上可抑制掉某些频率,便会出现演艺界定义的“泛音”效果.

Certain hydronamical systems exhibIt'steady - state flow patterns , while others oscillate in a regular periodic fashion.

某些水动力学系统存在着稳定状态的流型, 另一些则以某种规则的周期作往复运动.

The design of high - frequence oscillate circuit can improve the reliability ofcharacter ofoperation and easy maintenance.

采用高频振荡原理设计振荡电路,提高了稳定性和可靠性.

• Look at the waves oscillating hither, thither on the beach.

  出自：Carlyle