[N-COUNT 可数名词]高原 A plateau is a large area of high and fairly flat land.
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]（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 a plateau, you mean that it has reached a stage where there is no further change or development.
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。
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。
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[VERB 动词]（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 cost plateaus or plateaus out, it reaches a stage where there is no further change or development.
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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。
The shares plateaued at 153p.
股票稳定在153便士。
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plat·eau/ˈplætəʊ; NAmEplæˈtoʊ/
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plateauplateauxplateausnoun(pluralplat·eauxorplat·eaus/ˈplætəʊz; NAmEplæˈtoʊz/)1an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it 高原2a time of little or no change after a period of growth or progress （发展、增长后的）稳定期，停滞期◆Inflation has reached a plateau.通货膨胀停了下来。verb[intransitive ]plateau(out) to stay at a steady level after a period of growth or progress （在一段时期的发展后）保持稳定水平，处于停滞状态◆Unemployment has at last plateaued out.失业情况终于稳定了下来。plat·eau/ˈplætəʊ; NAmEplæˈtoʊ/plat·eaus/ˈplætəʊz; NAmEplæˈtoʊz/
1a large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it2a period during which the level of something does not change, especially after a period when it was increasing: Inflation rates have reached a plateau.
plateau1 noun
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if something plateaus, it reaches and then stays at a particular level: The athletic footwear market has not yet plateaued.
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