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plateau n.高原；平稳；稳定状态vi.到达平稳阶段 (1) 高原连绵许多英里。(2) 该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。(3) 经急剧通货膨胀之后物价现已趋于平稳。(4) 抵押价格下跌，然后达到稳定水平(5) 这些病例现在应该已经达到稳定状态。(6) 太空研究已经达到了稳定发展时期。(7) 销售现已开始停滞不前。(8) 紧张（局势）看来升级，然后转入平稳状态。 You can see the word plate inside plateau. Think flat like a plate, or think about mountains that look like tables you could set with plates–-so flat the plates won't fall off. If you're a French speaker, this will be easier, as plateau derives from the French plat, "level."

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英 ['plætəʊ] 美 [plæ'toʊ] (1) The plateau extends for many miles.(2) The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.(3) After a period of rapid inflation, price have now reach a plateau.(4) Mortgage rates declined, then reached a plateau.(5) Cases of the disease may have now reached a plateau.(6) Space programme has reached a plateau of development.(7) Sales have now reached a plateau.(8) The tension seemed to grow by degrees, then it plateaued. A plateau is a high, flat area of land. The word has also been stretched to include a leveling off of progress––for a while the eighth graders having a sleepover were crazy, then their energy level reached a plateau. 1[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。2[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。3[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.   [V out]  [V at n]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。

英语单词	plateau
英美音标	英 ['plætəʊ] 美 [plæ'toʊ]
中文释义	n.高原；平稳；稳定状态 vi.到达平稳阶段
英语例句	(1) The plateau extends for many miles. (2) The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau. (3) After a period of rapid inflation, price have now reach a plateau. (4) Mortgage rates declined, then reached a plateau. (5) Cases of the disease may have now reached a plateau. (6) Space programme has reached a plateau of development. (7) Sales have now reached a plateau. (8) The tension seemed to grow by degrees, then it plateaued.
中文例句	(1) 高原连绵许多英里。 (2) 该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。 (3) 经急剧通货膨胀之后物价现已趋于平稳。 (4) 抵押价格下跌，然后达到稳定水平 (5) 这些病例现在应该已经达到稳定状态。 (6) 太空研究已经达到了稳定发展时期。 (7) 销售现已开始停滞不前。 (8) 紧张（局势）看来升级，然后转入平稳状态。
vocabulary简明	A plateau is a high, flat area of land. The word has also been stretched to include a leveling off of progress––for a while the eighth graders having a sleepover were crazy, then their energy level reached a plateau.
vocabulary扩展	You can see the word plate inside plateau. Think flat like a plate, or think about mountains that look like tables you could set with plates–-so flat the plates won't fall off. If you're a French speaker, this will be easier, as plateau derives from the French plat, "level."
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [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. [V out] [V at n] 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。

Plateau Reached Flat Development Land Large High Area