4an idea, feeling, or opinion that a particular group of people has 思潮,潮流
The committee reflects the different political currents within the organization.
该委员会反映出了团体内部各种不同的政治思潮。
current of
There was an underlying current of discontent among teachers.
教师中的不满情绪暗流涌动。
Do not confuse with currant (=a dried grape or a type of berry).
不要和currant(小葡萄干;醋栗)相混淆。
nCOLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + current
an ocean/sea/river current
Ocean currents carry young fish out to sea.
a tidal current (=caused by the movement of the tides)
Tidal currents make the seas around the islands very rough.
strong
On surfing beaches, strong currents are common.
fast/fast-flowing
Fast-flowing currents made the rescue job even harder.
dangerous/treacherous
Beaches usually have signs that warn of dangerous currents.
verbs
a current flows
Sea currents flow at up to 12 miles per hour around parts of the coast.
a current carries somebody/something (=makes them move along in the water)
Their boat was moving fast, carried by the current.
a current sweeps somebody/something (=carries them very powerfully, so that they cannot stop moving)
The treacherous currents have swept away three swimmers in the past year.
Examples from the Corpus
current• The design could be improved, he declared, by switching to alternatingcurrent.• The tiny young drift on the oceancurrents, until a few are lucky enough to land in a suitable place and begin a new life.• It's dangerous to swim in the sea here because the current is so strong.• Here the current is so strong that the shape of the cataract is constantly changing.• Turn off the current before changing the fuse.• The current in the river was very strong.• The currents in these parts could carry a boatmiles out to sea.
ocean/sea/tidal etc current• No more than 0.1% drives the wind, waves and ocean currents and a minute 0.03% is consumed in photosynthesis.• A direct and obvious example is that many marine animals are dispersed around the globe by ocean currents.• Some believe that it is because of unusually strong cold ocean currents, which improve the chances of penguinssurviving the journey.• This twice daily peristalsis creates tidal currents every six hours, pushing sea water first north, then south.• Factoring in the effects of ocean currents, fickle winds, and errors in judgment, he then determined his longitude.• It is very rarely still because of the strong tidal currents.• The environmental organisation detected radionuclides in zooplankton from the tidal currents which flush Mururoa's lagoon.• The ocean currents flow around these in the same way that winds blow around high and low centres of atmosphericpressure.
air currents• Others suggest that the buildup of mountains by tectonic movement may also serve as a trigger, by alteringair currents.• At rest, Arthur was an aged peregrine constantly scanning local air currents for unwaryprey.• Dive and glide in the bluesky then let the air currents carry you along.• A large bird was riding the air currents below him, and he decided it must be an eagle.• All the islands suffer from gusting caused by turbulentair currents over the cliffs.• When the evening comes the femalespruce budworm moth rises up on warmair currents.• The weight of the glider and the woman slowed him down, but he could feel the warm air currents.• The glider circled the escarpment and was carried with the warm air currents into the upperatmosphere.
electrical current• Due to the radio waves which this equipment gives off, an electrical current is induced into the water.• It's a uniquebeautytreatment that uses thermalclay and electrical currents to combatcellulite.• During magnetic storms the intenseelectrical currents that f ow in the upper atmosphere heat the air, causing it to expand.• The pattern is similar to that produced by the flow of electrical current around a circulardefect in a plate.• What had happened was that the passage of electrical current created huge magnetic forces which constricted the tube.• From a mail-order house she ordered a battery-operated galvanicdevice which applied the stimulation of low-voltage electrical current to his paralyzedlimbs.• When electrical currents flow they produce magnetic fields and so it is possible that these two therapies amount to the same thing.
From Longman Business Dictionary
currentcur·rent /ˈkʌrəntˈkɜːr-/adjectiveadj [only before a noun]
happening, existing, or true now
the current world price for crude oil
the budget for the current year
Origincurrent1
(1200-1300)Old Frenchcurant, present participle of courre“to run”, from Latincurrere