plateau

英 [ˈplætəʊ]

美 [plæˈtoʊ]

n.  高原; (发展、增长后的)稳定期，停滞期
v.  (在一段时期的发展后)保持稳定水平，处于停滞状态

复数：plateaus　

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牛津词典

noun

• 高原
  an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it
• （发展、增长后的）稳定期，停滞期
  a time of little or no change after a period of growth or progress
  1. Inflation has reached a plateau.
     通货膨胀停了下来。

verb

• （在一段时期的发展后）保持稳定水平，处于停滞状态
  to stay at a steady level after a period of growth or progress
  1. Unemployment has at last plateaued out.
     失业情况终于稳定了下来。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 高原
  Aplateauis a large area of high and fairly flat land.
  1. A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.
     一条宽阔的山谷展现在眼前，通往一处平整的开垦地高原。
• N-COUNT （活动或进程中的）稳定阶段，停滞时期
  If you say that an activity or process has reached aplateau, you mean that it has reached a stage where there is no further change or development.
  1. The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau...
     美国的海洛因市场现在似乎已到了停滞期。
  2. I think the economy is stuck on a kind of plateau of slow growth.
     我认为经济将停留在缓慢发展的阶段。
• VERB （活动、进程、成本等）达到稳定阶段，进入停滞时期
  If something such as an activity, process, or costplateausorplateaus out, it reaches a stage where there is no further change or development.
  1. Evelyn's career is accelerating, and mine is plateauing out a bit...
     伊夫琳的职业生涯蒸蒸日上，而我的则停滞不前。
  2. The shares plateaued at 153p.
     股票稳定在153便士。

英英释义

noun

• a relatively flat highland
  Synonym:tableland

双语例句

• They have been herding cattle on the plateau for generations.
  他们世世代代在这高原上放牧。
• Wisdom is the plateau that you will love you in restoring hope.
  智慧是高原，你会爱你恢复的希望。
• The God of the American plateau Indian was coyote.
  美洲高原印第安人的上帝是郊狼。
• An arid sandstone plateau between the Nile and the Red Sea.
  一个干旱的沙石高原，位于尼罗河和红海之间。
• The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the world's highest plateau, averaging over 4000 metres above sea level and covering an area of 200,000 square kilometres.
  中国的青藏高原是世界最高的高原。平均高度在海拔4000米以上，面积达20万平方公里。
• This is a new method to research on lakes in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau that are lack of observed data.
  该方法为青藏高原地区难以获得有效资料湖泊的研究提供了一种新思路。
• Many of the mountain, plateau, hilly and basin areas are unsuited for living.
  中国的不少山地、高原、丘陵和盆地是不适宜人居住的。
• Does this mean we've reached a plateau in terms of speed?
  这是否意味着我们已经到了速度发展的一个平台期呢？
• But at dusk the plateau becomes a more dangerous place.
  但到了黄昏，高地就会变成危险的地方。
• The desertification land of the Ali plateau has the high-cold and arid landscape and the fragile bionomics property.
  阿里高原沙漠化土地具有高寒干旱景观特色和脆弱的生态学属性。