consistency
n
1 (also consistence) [U]
(approv 褒) quality of being consistent(1) 一贯性; 一致性
His views lack consistency
one day he's a conservative, the next he's a liberal. 他的观点缺乏一贯性: 时而保守, 时而开明.
2 [C, U] degree of thickness, firmness or solidity, esp of thick liquids, or of sth made by mixing with a liquid 强度; 硬度; (尤指)浓度
Mix flour and liquid to the right consistency. 把面粉和液体混合到适当的浓度.
mixtures of various consistencies 各种不同浓度的混合物
It should have the consistency of thick soup. 这应该有浓汤那样的浓度.
No, I couldn't do that. Everybody else will be wearing jewellery. I can't be the only woman who isn't wearing jewellery.
不,我不能戴花。别的人都戴首饰,唯有我一个人不戴首饰,这怎么能行呢?
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.