consistent

英 [kən'sɪst(ə)nt] 美[kən'sɪstənt]

• adj. 始终如一的，一致的；坚持的

1. (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable;

"testimony consistent with the known facts"

"I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR

2. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts;

"a logical argument"

"the orderly presentation"

3. capable of being reproduced;

"astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained"

4. the same throughout in structure or composition;

"bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product"