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Stabilize Verb Condition Ride Bike Means Steady Stable

英语单词 stabilize
英美音标 英 ['steɪbəlaɪz] 美 ['steɪbəlaɪz]
中文释义 v.使安定;使坚固
英语例句 (1) His condition has now stabilized.
(2) He can now ride his bike without stabilizers.
中文例句 (1) 他的情况稳定下来了。
(2) 他现在骑自行车不需要平衡器了。
vocabulary简明 The verb stabilize means to hold steady or make firm. When you climb a ladder, you should stabilize the ladder before you get on it, otherwise you may get a lesson in the laws of gravity — you know, what goes up comes down!
vocabulary扩展 The verb stabilize also means to keep from changing or shifting. If you have a fever and your temperature is all over the place, you can help stabilize it by taking aspirin. The verb stabilize was originally applied to ships and the idea that something like weight or the shape of the ship could be used to produce a steadier, or less wobbly, voyage. Now the verb applies to anything that can be made more steady or stable. You might remember how happy you were when learning to ride a bike that you had training wheels to stabilize you.
柯林斯解释
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 stabilise
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)稳定;(使)安定 If something stabilizes, or is stabilized, it becomes stable.
  [V]
  [V n]
  [V-ing]
  • Although her illness is serious, her condition is beginning to stabilize...

    虽然她病得很重,但病情正开始趋于稳定。

  • Officials hope the move will stabilize exchange rates...

    官员们希望此举能使汇率稳定下来。

  • I believe he would have had a stabilising effect on the team.

    我相信他原本可以让全组人稳定下来的。

stabilization
  • ...the stabilisation of property prices.

    房地产价格的稳定

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