Something that is variable changes quite often, and there usually seems to be no fixed pattern to these changes.
例句
The potassium content of foodstuffs is very variable...食物中鉀的含量差別很大。There was a bit of a wind and it was blowing onshore, variable, but quite strong.有一陣風朝岸上吹來，風向變化不定，但風力很強。
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（質量、數量、規模等）可變因素
A variable is a factor that can change in quality, quantity, or size, which you have to take into account in a situation.
例句
Decisions could be made on the basis of price, delivery dates, after-sales service or any other variable...購買決定可能會基于價格、送貨日期、售后服務以及其他可變因素。Other variables in making forecasts for the industry include the weather and the general economic climate.對該產業進行預測時還要考慮天氣和宏觀經濟環境等其他不確定因素。
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變量;變項;變元
A variable is a quantity that can have any one of a set of values.
例句
It is conventional to place the independent variable on the right-hand side of an equation.普遍做法是把自變量放在等式的右邊。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
變化性;易變;變化的傾向
variability among different health authorities不同衛生機構的不同標準variability in crop yields莊稼產量的浮動性There is considerable variability in all the test scores.所有這些考查成績都有很大變化。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the quality of being subject to variation
2. a quality of variability and lack of uniformity