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.
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.