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

• The verbs "keep" and "see" are irregular in their inflections. "to list or state the different grammatical forms of ( a noun, PRONOUN, or adjective)"
  “keep”与“see”这两个动词的词形变化是不规则的。列出（名词、代名词或形容词的）词形变化
• This article expounds the thought's historical background, its implications and its inflections in city-state politics, which is conducive to grasp Aristotle's ethical thought system, centered by the Golden Mean, and to comprehend the value standard of western social life.
  文章从该思想的历史溯源、含义及其在城邦政治中的体现三方面进行论述，这对于把握以中道为核心的亚里士多德的伦理思想体系和理解西方社会生活的价值标准具有重要的意义。
• Not having inflections to indicate tense.
  没有表示时态的屈折变化。
• Through the identification of lemmas, inflections of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, as well as conjugations of verbs, are recognized.
  通过确定词元，名词、代词、形容词的语型变化，以及动词词形变化都会被识别出来。
• The use of first person plural pronouns and inflections is quite flexible.
  第一人称复数的用法非常灵活。
• There is a close connection of the public health and social development with the control of the inflections. To improve the cognition of the inflections should be considered as the most significant aspect of the inflections control, which is the major purpose of this thesis.
  人口的健康及社会的发展与对传染病的控制程度息息相关，提高全社会对传染病的认识是控制传染病的最重要的一个环节。这也是本论文最终目的所要达到的。
• This paper elucidates mainly how to extract the pitch signals from speech sounds and how to indicate the pitch inflections by curves, and discusses further the characteristics of the pitch curves in Standard Chinese.
  本文着重说明如何从语音中提取音高讯号，以及如何以曲线形式表示音高变化，然后讨论普通话声调音高曲线的特性。
• During the dictionary lookup, inflections of the base forms and variants are found.
  在字典查找期间，基本形式和变体的词形变化都将被查找到。
• 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。
• Vary your inflections and emphasize key words as well.
  也可以改变声调强调关键词。