| 英语单词 | stable |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['steɪbl] 美 ['steɪbl] |
| 中文释义 | adj.稳定的;安定的;可靠的 n.马棚;马厩;一批人 v.使(马)入厩;入马棚 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Markets are flourishing and prices are stable. (2) The Sunnis hold a majority in four provinces and any government will have to respect them if they wish to administer a stable state. (3) He is a bit neurotic, but his wife is a very stable person. (4) The horse in the stable has broken out. (5) Who opened the stable door? (6) He has a whole stable of informers working for him. (7) Where do you stable your pony? |
| 中文例句 | (1) 市场繁荣, 物价稳定。 (2) 逊尼派在四个省份里都是多数群体,而任何政府只要想管理一个安定的国家,就不得不对他们予以尊重。 (3) 他有点神经质,但他的妻子是一个非常稳重的人。 (4) 马厩里的那匹马跑了。 (5) 谁打开了马房的门? (6) 他有一群告密者为他效劳。 (7) 你那匹矮种马养在哪儿?(《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》) |
| vocabulary简明 | When something is stable, it's fixed and steady. If you needed advice, you'd probably go to your most stable friend, the one least likely to act crazy or be easily upset. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Whether you're talking about an object or a person, the adjective stable implies reliability and strength. You can describe a government as stable, or a relationship, or a desk. A completely different meaning of stable is the noun "building used for housing horses or other animals." Both senses of the word come from the Latin stabilis, "firm or steadfast." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]稳定的;稳固不变的 If something is stable, it is not likely to change or come to an end suddenly.
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2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](性格)平和稳重的,持重的 If someone has a stable personality, they are calm and reasonable and their mood does not change suddenly.
3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](病人)病情稳定的 You can describe someone who is seriously ill as stable when their condition has stopped getting worse.
4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](化学物质)稳定的 Chemical substances are described as stable when they tend to remain in the same chemical or atomic state. [TECHNICAL 术语]
5 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]稳固的;牢固的 If an object is stable, it is firmly fixed in position and is not likely to move or fall.
6 [N-COUNT 可数名词]马厩 A stable or stables is a building in which horses are kept. 7 [N-COUNT 可数名词](繁殖、训练赛马的)养马场 A stable or stables is an organization that breeds and trains horses for racing.
8 [VERB 动词]把(马)关进马厩 When horses are stabled, they are put into a stable. [ [V-ed] [usu passive]
9 [N-COUNT 可数名词]接受同一经纪人服务的一群人 You can say that someone has a stable of people when they manage and promote the careers of that group of people. [with supp]
10 [PHRASE 短语]亡羊补牢 If you say that someone has closed or shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, you mean that they have tried to prevent something happening but they have done so too late to prevent damage being done. [V inflects] |
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