inflections

英 [ɪnˈflɛkʃənz]

美 [ɪnˈflɛkʃənz]

n.  (尤指词尾的)屈折变化; 语调的抑扬变化
inflection的复数

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 inflexion


• N-VAR 变音;转调;语调的抑扬变化
  Aninflectionin someone's voice is a change in its tone or pitch as they are speaking.
  1. The man's voice was devoid of inflection...
     那人的声音缺少抑扬变化。
  2. 'Seb?' he said, with a rising inflection.
     “是塞伯吗？”他扬声问道。
• (词形的)屈折变化;屈折形式
  In grammar, aninflectionis a change in the form of a word that shows its grammatical function, for example a change that makes a noun plural or makes a verb into the past tense.

双语例句

• Changing Inflections of English
  英语屈折形式的演变
• The pitch inflections of speech sounds are indicated by the curves, which are drawn to enclose the ends of amplitudes of the sawtoothed waves.
  锯齿波振幅末端所形成的曲线代表语音音高变化。
• We will search for the motive of the grammaticalization from degree of grammaticalization, loss of inflections, competition and word order aspects.
  分别从语法化程度，曲折形式的脱落，竞争机制以及词序等四个方面进行对比研究从而探究出其各自结构背后推动其语法化的动因。
• The section shows you all inflections that will be found during a lookup.
  该部分显示了在查找过程中会发现的所有词形变化。
• The inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached.
  单词形式的变化可由词干和所附的变位表表示。
• Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.
  说话者怎样表达行为或状态的动词变形。
• Characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base.
  以表示词与词根之间语义关系的屈折为特点。
• Vary your inflections and emphasize key words as well.
  也可以改变声调强调关键词。
• Characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions.
  以用屈折来表示语法差异为特点。
• More than 70 per cent of bosses claim that the rising trend among Britons-especially teenagers-of adding inflections to the ends of sentences is particularly annoying.
  超过70%的老板认为在英国人（尤其是青少年）中，在句末加上一些曲折变化越来越流行，这实在是让人不胜其烦。