1.(河、湖或海的)水流，潮流
Acurrent is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
e.g. Under normal conditions, the ocean currents of the tropical Pacific travel from east to west...
在正常情况下，太平洋的热带洋流自东向西流。
e.g. The couple were swept away by the strongcurrent.
这对夫妻被巨大的水流卷走了。
2.气流
Acurrent is a steady flowing movement of air.
e.g. I felt acurrent of cool air blowing in my face.
我觉得脸上有一阵冷风吹过。
3.电流
An electriccurrent is a flow of electricity through a wire or circuit.
e.g. A powerful electriccurrent is passed through a piece of graphite.
给一块石墨通入强电流。
4.思潮;潮流;趋向
A particularcurrent is a particular feeling, idea, or quality that exists within a group of people.
e.g. Each party represents a distinctcurrent of thought...
每个党派代表一种不同的思潮。
e.g. A strongcurrent of nationalism runs through ideology and politics in the Arab world.
一股强烈的民族主义思潮涌入阿拉伯世界的思想体系和政治体系。
5.现时的;当前的;进行中的
current means happening, being used, or being done at the present time.
e.g. Thecurrent situation is very different to that in 1990...
当前的形势与1990年截然不同。
e.g. He plans to repeal a number ofcurrent policies...
他计划废除一些当前的政策。
currentlyTwelve potential vaccines are
currently being tested on human volunteers...
目前正在人类志愿者身上试验12种试用疫苗。
He
currently has no strong rivals for power.
目前没有可以和他争夺权势的有力对手。
6.通用的;流通的;流行的
Ideas and customs that arecurrent are generally accepted and used by most people.
current在线翻译
e.g. current thinking suggests that toxins only have a small part to play in the build up of cellulite...
目前普遍认为，毒素对皮下脂肪团堆积影响不大。
e.g. This custom was stillcurrent in the late 1960s.
这种习俗在20世纪60年代末仍然很普遍。
7. see also: alternating current;direct current
