modulate

英 ['mɒdjuleɪt] 美 ['mɑːdʒəleɪt]

• v. 调整；调节（声音）；变调

英英释义

Verb:

1. change the key of, in music;

   "modulate the melody"
   

2. vary the pitch of one's speech

3. fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of;

   "regulate the temperature"
   "modulate the pitch"
   

4. adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of

5. vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The speaker had a really noble voice which he could modulate with great skill.
   这位演说者有副相当好的嗓子，他能很技巧地调整它。
2. He knows when to move upstage,when to modulate his voice,and when to throw away a line.
   他懂得什么时候该移向舞台后方，什么时候该调整声调，以及什么时候该轻轻带过一句台词。
3. Please modulate the sound on the TV.
   请调节一下电视机的音量。
4. Moreover, it has been shown to induce steatosis, modulate apoptosis, and increase cellular oncogenic potential.
   更且，它会引起脂肪变性，调节细胞凋亡，增加细胞的致癌性。

经典引文

• The songs of triumph were modulated to psalms and litanies.

  出自： Gibbon

• She determined to modulate that nature to her own views.

  出自： A. Radcliffe

• She spoke gently..for it was difficult to modulate her husky voice.

  出自： G. Greene

近反义词

【近义词】

• adjust 调整
• alter 改变
• regulate 调整
• amend 修正
• vary 改变
• modify 修改
• change 变化
• adapt 改编
• revise 校订
• temper 脾气
• shift 移动
• moderate 适度的
• curb 路边
• control 掌控
• tone down （使）柔和
• play down 降低
• lessen 减少
• restrain 抑制
• reduce 减少
• qualify 使具备资格
• harmonize 协调
• lower 低的
• inflect 弯曲
• tone 语气