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

• This plateau Inn a milestone should be considered, on our journey, on railway construction.
  这个高原客栈应该算是一个里程碑，对我们的旅程是这样，对祖国的铁路建设亦如此。
• The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau has long been known as the roof of the world.
  青藏高原素有世界屋脊之称。
• 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。
• The coldest area is in the plateau area of Tasmania and southeast corner of the tableland and mainland.
  最冷的地区在塔斯马尼亚的高原地带及台地和大陆的东南角。
• Qinghai-Tibet plateau is the most sensitive and driving active area to the global environments.
  青藏高原是全球环境最具有敏感和驱动作用的地区。
• 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。
• 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。
• He spent time ensuring it could function in the exposed, high winds of the Tibetan plateau.
  Frank花了很多时间来确保它暴露在大风的青藏高原上能够正常工作。
• 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。
• They have been herding cattle on the plateau for generations.
  他们世世代代在这高原上放牧。