mid-15c., from Old French fluctuacion (12c.) or directly from Latin fluctuationem (nominative fluctuatio) "a wavering, vacillation," noun of action from past participle stem of fluctuare "to undulate, to move in waves," from fluctus "a wave, billow, surge, a flowing," from past participle of fluere "to flow" (see fluent).
权威例句
1. The calculations do not take into account any fluctuation in the share price.
这些计算没有考虑到股价的波动。
2. A firm secures a needed commodity and is protected against price fluctuation.
公司得到需要的商品,而且不会由于价格变动而受损失.
3. The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.
经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。
4. Sometimes temporal fluctuation may take place inthe local velocity.
有时,在局部速度中可能出现瞬时脉动.
5. Using this approach, we can abstract from fluctuation in Aggregate Demand.