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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++flux /flʌks/ noun [uncountable]  CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTa situation in which things are changing a lot and you cannot be sure what will happen 不断的变化 Everything is in flux at the moment. 眼下一切都变化不定。 The education system is still in a state of flux. 教育体制仍处于不断变化之中。
Examples from the Corpus
fluxToday, the world of government is once again in great flux.Their television deal is in flux, and only two home games are scheduled to appear on the tube.The universe offers no such categories or simplifications; only flux and infinite variety.Anything less is not a change but only a continuation of the flux.All this leaves business ethics in a state of unhelpful flux.in a state of fluxIt show-cased a band in a state of flux.The audience are caught in a state of flux.It is alive and ever changing, constantly in a state of flux - and often flowing away from us.The world economy is in a state of flux.These disciplines are, at present, in a state of flux and agitation.
Origin flux (1300-1400) Latin fluxus, past participle of fluere to flow
flux nounChinese
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flux
flux /flʌks/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Latin
 Origin: fluxus, past participle of fluere 'to flow'
a situation in which things are changing a lot and you cannot be sure what will happen:
    Everything is in flux at the moment.
    The education system is still in a state of flux.


fluxBrE /flʌks/ 🔊NAmE /flʌks/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] continuous movement and change 不断的变动;不停的变化Our society is in a state of flux. 我们的社会在不断演变。🔊🔊 [countable, usually singular, uncountable] (specialist) a flow; an act of flowing 通量;流a flux of neutrons一个中子流