plateaus

英 [ˈplætəʊz]

美 [plæˈtoʊz]

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
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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。

双语例句

• But if you want to make sure your earnings keep rising over the long term, you need a strategy to protect against salary plateaus and unemployment.
  但是如果你想获得长远的高薪，你就需要考虑一下如何防止薪水固定和失业的问题了。
• The road went over hills and plateaus, through heavy forests and grasslands.
  走过去的道路丘陵和高原，通过大量的森林和草原。
• Plateaus and mountains make up 60 per cent of China's total area.
  高原和山地占中国总面积的百分之六十。
• Laos has thickly forested landscape consists mostly of rugged mountains, the highest of which is Phou Bia at2,817 m, with some plains and plateaus.
  境内多数为浓密的森林所覆盖，且多数由崎岖的山地所组成，最高峰是比亚山峰（PhouBia），海拔2817米，此外，还有一些平原和高原。
• To the north the landscape is mountainous in the interior areas with plateaus, cut by four breaking lines that allow the development of relevant agricultural areas.
  北方是内陆高原的多山丘地带，四条断带将这个地区分隔开，成为与农业发展相关的地区。
• Study on Water Consumption of Main Ecosystem Tree Species in High Cold Region on Loess Plateaus of Qinghai
  青海黄土高寒区主要生态树种耗水特性研究
• Spain is dominated by high plateaus and mountain ranges such as the Pyrenees or the Sierra Nevada.
  西班牙主要地形是高原和山脉，比如比里牛斯山（Pyrenees）和塞拉内华达（SierraNevada）。
• Plains, plateaus, and mountain ranges are major landforms. Hong Kong Affairs Society Limited
  平原、高原和山脉都是主要的地形。太平山学会有限公司
• China boasts the world's largest number of lakes on plateaus.
  中国是世界上高原湖泊最多的国家。
• West of the Great Dividing Range the landscape consists mostly of plains and plateaus; the Macdonnell Ranges near the country's center are an exception.
  GreatDividing山脉的西部包括大部分平原和高原，位于国家中心附近的Macdonnell山脉是个例外。