soundness
稳健性,健全性,健全,稳健
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Definitions
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- : the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- : mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a speed of approximately 1,087 feet per second at sea level.
- : the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause: the sound of music.
- : any auditory effect; any audible vibrational disturbance: all kinds of sounds.
- : a noise, vocal utterance, musical tone, or the like: the sounds from the next room.
- : a distinctive, characteristic, or recognizable musical style, as from a particular performer, orchestra, or type of arrangement: the big-band sound.
- : Phonetics. speech sound. the audible result of an utterance or portion of an utterance: the s-sound in “slight”; the sound of m in “mere.”
- : the auditory effect of sound waves as transmitted or recorded by a particular system of sound reproduction: the sound of a stereophonic recording.
- : the quality of an event, letter, etc., as it affects a person: This report has a bad sound.
- : the distance within which the noise of something may be heard.
- : mere noise, without meaning: all sound and fury.
- : Archaic. a report or rumor; news; tidings.
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- : to make or emit a sound.
- : to give forth a sound as a call or summons: The bugle sounded as the troops advanced.
- : to be heard, as a sound.
- : to convey a certain impression when heard or read: to sound strange.
- : to give a specific sound: to sound loud.
- : to give the appearance of being; seem:The report sounds true.
- : Law. to have as its basis or foundation: His action sounds in contract.
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- : to cause to make or emit a sound: to sound a bell.
- : to give forth: The oboe sounded an A.
- : to announce, order, or direct by or as by a sound: The bugle sounded retreat. His speech sounded a warning to aggressor nations.
- : to utter audibly, pronounce, or express: to sound each letter.
- : to examine by percussion or auscultation: to sound a patient's chest.
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- : sound off, Informal. to call out one's name, as at military roll call.to speak freely or frankly, especially to complain in such a manner.to exaggerate; boast: Has he been sounding off about his golf game again?
Phrases
- sound as a bell
- sound bite
- sound off
- sound out
- safe and sound
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The band’s harder, more anthemic sound, which put them on the map and landed their fantastic single “On” at the fourth spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in February, is absent here.
There’s not actually a sound, but the chirps contain an anonymous, constantly changing code that can be picked up by other phones you come near.
We were all very big Maya fans before we came to the show, so I think we had a pretty good idea of what she sounded like and her mannerisms.
“I’m going to try not to sound like a broken record,” he told the lawmakers.
The dining room is contemporary and corporate, even a bit of a throwback when the not-so-background music has me thinking about sound checks for the first time in ages.
ProPublica asked a third party to read the two evaluations and to assess the soundness of their methods.
That miscalculation could mean serious trouble in terms of actuarial soundness.
Social security encourages behavior which undermines the actuarial soundness of social security itself.
But I feel sanguine in the spirit of the men; sanguine in my own spirit; sanguine in the soundness of my scheme.
The thing carries itself to my maturer and gratified sense as with every symptom of soundness, an insolence of health and joy.
This proves the soundness of the ground on which their truth is based.
Mental soundness is merged in unsoundness by degrees of decadence which are so small as to be practically inappreciable.
There was a soundness of sense in this which mollified any feeling of disgust which Emily might have felt at the man's vulgarity.