modulate

英 [ˈmɒdjuleɪt]

美 [ˈmɑːdʒəleɪt]

v.  调节(嗓音的大小、强弱、高低等); 变调; 转调; 调整; 调节; 控制

过去分词：modulated　现在分词：modulating　第三人称单数：modulates　复数：modulates　过去式：modulated　

CET6TOEFLGRE

BNC.15884 / COCA.16415

牛津词典

verb

• 调节（嗓音的大小、强弱、高低等）
  to change the quality of your voice in order to create a particular effect by making it louder, softer, lower, etc.
• 变调；转调
  to change from one musical key (= set of notes) to another
• 调整；调节；控制
  to affect sth so that it becomes more regular, slower, etc.
  1. drugs that effectively modulate the disease process
     可以有效控制疾病发展的药品
• 调制（声波或无线电波频率）；调谐
  to change the rate at which a sound wave or radio signal vibrates (= the frequency ) so that it is clearer

柯林斯词典

• VERB 改变，调节(嗓音或声音)
  If youmodulateyour voice or a sound, you change or vary its loudness, pitch, or tone in order to create a particular effect.
  1. He carefully modulated his voice.
     他小心地压低了声音。
• VERB 调节;调整
  Tomodulatean activity or process means to alter it so that it is more suitable for a particular situation.
  1. These chemicals modulate the effect of potassium.
     这些化学物质可以调节钾的功效。

英英释义

verb

• vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
• adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
• fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
  1. regulate the temperature
  2. modulate the pitch
  Synonym:regulate
• vary the pitch of one's speech
  Synonym:toneinflect
• change the key of, in music
  1. modulate the melody

双语例句

• Please modulate the sound on the TV.
  请调节一下电视的音量。
• Targeting transcription factors with small molecules to modulate the expression of certain genes has been notoriously difficult to achieve.
  用小分子靶向转录因子以调节特定基因的表达是众所周知难以实现的。
• Were using music in the same way we use drugs, really, for emotional regulation, partly because of the way it can modulate our neurochemistry, affecting our moods.
  人们利用音乐的方式和用药是一样的，的确如此，音乐可以用来调节情绪，这部分是由于它能调节人的神经化学状态，从而影响情绪。
• Therefore singlet oxygen generated during a Type II photodynamic action could subcellular specifically modulate cellular functions.
  所以光动力作用过程中所产生的单线态氧分子可以亚细胞特异性地调控细胞功能。
• 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。
• Serotonin is a messenger molecule that carries signals between nerve cells, and it is known to modulate many aspects of human behaviour, although the details are complex and controversial.
  血清素是一种信使分子，它传输神经细胞间的信号。人们还知道血清素调节人类行为的许多方面，尽管其中的细节很复杂而且对其解释也有争议。
• This may, in part, result from the inability of continuous positive airway pressure to modulate leptin and/ or adiponectin levels in the latter patients.
  这种情况也许在一定程度上源自持续正压通气不能调节后者的瘦素和/或脂连素水平。
• We in living between the land and the sea are guardians of each coastline that we exist in relation to, and modulate the energy movement between underwater life and worlds upon the land.
  而生活在陆地和海洋之间的我们，是每一条我们所在海岸线的守护者，并调整了在水下世界与陆地世界之间的能量流。
• At this point the players have to modulate from E to G.
  这时演奏者必须由E调转到G调。
• Non-painful and painful intramuscular conditioning stimuli were also used to modulate the NWR and the soleus H-reflex.
  非疼痛的和疼痛的肌内制约刺激也常被用于调整NWR和比目鱼肌H反射。