[mass noun]the fact or state of being inconsistent 不一致,不协调 inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour. 他言行的不一致。 ■[count noun]an inconsistent element or an instance of being inconsistent 不协调的因素;不一致的情况 the single glaring inconsistency in the argument. 辩论中惟一突出的不协调因素。
语源
mid 17th cent.: from inconsistent, on the pattern of consistency