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

• The God of the American plateau Indian was coyote.
  美洲高原印第安人的上帝是郊狼。
• 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。
• 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。
• They have been herding cattle on the plateau for generations.
  他们世世代代在这高原上放牧。
• 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 research provides morphological evidences for further study on tectonic activities in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
  本研究为进一步研究青藏高原东缘的活动构造提供了重要的地貌证据。
• 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。
• 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？
• As the river drops from the plateau, it forms great waterfalls.
  河水从高原上下落时，形成了巨大的瀑布。
• 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。