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
plateau的第三人称单数和复数

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

• The formed areas are relatively plain or consist of plateaus between hills with talwegs that are not very deep and that correspond to a surface which was developed from a plaining process.
  形成的区域是相对平原或有河谷的山间高原，对于平原形成过程中的表面，这些河谷不是非常深。
• 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。
• On the surface of the earth, there are mountains, valleys, plateaus, hills, plains, rivers, oceans and islands.
  在地球的表面有山脉，河谷，高原，山丘，平原，河流，海洋以及海岛。
• Atacama's barren high plateaus are home to the Aymara people, who raise llamas for their meat and wool.
  艾马拉人居住在阿塔卡马的荒芜的高原上，他们饲养美洲驼以获取肉食和皮毛。
• The Canadian Shield is a semicircle band of rocky highlands and plateaus around the Hudson Bay from the northern shores of Quebec to the Arctic shores of the Northwest Territories.
  这是围绕哈得孙海湾的一块半圆形多石高低和高原，从魁北克省的北部海岸一直延伸到西北自治领的北极沿岸。
• 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 builders brave the wind and snow on the plateaus all the year round.
  筑路工人长年奋战在风雪高原。
• 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）。
• Gansu lies between Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, and the Huangtu Plateaus, and borders Mongolia to the north and Xinjiang to the west.
  甘肃位于青海、内蒙古和黄土高原之间，北方与蒙古交界，西部与新疆接壤。
• ConclusionsQuestions regarding the evolving U.S.financial environment are likely to become increasingly important as bank deregulation moves to new plateaus.
  结论问题就演变美国的金融环境可能会变得日益银行放松迁新高原重要。