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单词 plateau
释义
plateau
noun[C]
uk
/ˈplæt.əʊ/us
/plætˈoʊ/
pluralplateauxuk
/-z/us
or mainlyUSplateaus

plateaunoun[C](FLAT LAND)

alargeflatareaoflandthat is high abovesealevel
高原
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geography: hills & mountains
  • acclivity
  • craggy
  • esker
  • highlands
  • hillock
  • landform
  • Marilyn
  • mesa
  • mid-ocean ridge
  • motte
  • pinnacle
  • precipitous
  • scarp
  • spur
  • steep
  • the Adirondack Mountains
  • the Alaska Range
  • the Alps
  • the Andes
  • volcano
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plateaunoun[C](NO CHANGE)

aperiodduring which there are nolargechanges:
平稳期；停滞期
The USdeathratereacheda plateau in the 1960s, beforedecliningsuddenly.美国的人口死亡率在20世纪60年代进入平稳阶段后突然下降。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Pauses & interludes
  • abeyance
  • adjournment
  • break
  • break-journey
  • caesura
  • coffee break
  • comfort stop
  • hiatus
  • interlude
  • intermission
  • interval
  • lapse
  • lull
  • non-continuous
  • one-stop
  • pause
  • postponement
  • respite
  • stoppage
  • suspension
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plateau
verb[I]
uk
/ˈplæt.əʊ/us
/plætˈoʊ/
toreachaparticularleveland thenstaythe same:
稳定；停滞
I'd beenlosingabout apoundaweekon mydiet, butrecentlyI've plateaued and haven'tlostanounce.我通过节食体重每周减轻1磅左右，但最近体重稳定了下来，1磅也没少。
Theeconomicslowdownhascausedoursalesto plateau.经济发展减速导致我们的产品销量停滞不前。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Keeping and staying the same
  • anti-progressive
  • calcification
  • calcify
  • consistency
  • consistent
  • continuum
  • insensitivity
  • invariant
  • inveteracy
  • leave well aloneidiom
  • left
  • peg
  • stability
  • stabilization
  • stabilize
  • stably
  • stay
  • wallow
  • wallow insomething
  • wouldn't have it any other wayidiom
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(Definition ofplateaufrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

plateau| American Dictionary

plateau
noun[C]
us
/plæˈtoʊ/
earth science
alarge,flatareaoflandthat ishigherthan thelandaround it
A plateau is also aperiodduring which there are nobigchanges:
Thecrimeratein thecityreacheda plateau in the 1980s and thendeclined.
plateau
verb[I]
us
/plæˈtoʊ/
toreachalevelandstaythere,ratherthanrisingorfalling:
Thepopulationincreaseisexpectedto plateau in theyear2007.
(Definition ofplateaufrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

plateau| Business English

plateau
noun[S]
uk
/ˈplætəʊ/us
/plæˈtəʊ/
alevelbeyond whichbusinessactivities,sales,profits, etc. nolongerdeveloporincrease,especiallyafter aperiodofrapidgrowth:
reach/hit a plateauDo youbelievethat thenumberofpeopleusing theinternethas nowreacheda plateau?
plateau
verb[I]
uk
/ˈplætəʊ/us
/plæˈtəʊ/
tostopdevelopingorincreasing,especiallyafter aperiodofrapidgrowth:
Analystsbelievethemarketwill plateau within the next fiveyearsinlinewithdemographictrends.
start/begin to plateauSales of newcarshavebegunto plateau after threeyearsofrecordgrowth.
(Definition ofplateaufrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplateau

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Lithospheric buoyancy and collisional orogenesis: subduction of oceanic plateaus, continental margins, island arcs, spreading ridges, and seamounts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The highest mountains (800-850 m) are capped with forested lateritic plateaux.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Two plateaus, one at the roll-up region and the other at the vortex merging region, existed.
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Is regression a true event or is it simply that the growth of the lesion plateaus while the growth of the fetus continues around it?
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Different management systems reached yield plateaus for different nitrogen rates.
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On the ironstone plateaus, soils are stony and shallow.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A small region of negative values (figure 25b, d) was found at the end of the two plateaus (figure 19).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Local search algorithms may suer from problems with plateaus, local minima, and cycling.
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Next to that, five plateaus of internet use were introduced, to depict the development of front office use of internet (mostly for service delivery).
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The landscape is formed by plateaux at an altitude of 80-140 m, with a clay-sandy soil which is characteristically deep, acid and well drained.
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The proportion of trees that died standing increased moving up the topographic gradient from the valleys through to the ridges and plateaux.
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The soils in these plateaux are very poor and are avoided by local people for agricultural purposes.
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Spatial gaps in arc volcanism: the effect of collision or subduction of oceanic plateaus.
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However, arguing for plateaus fails to account for the consistent drop in the curve from \\z\\ to \\z, 3 c\\, and the consistent drop from \\f\\ to \, g\\.
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Interestingly, however, for verbs the marginally useful context width plateaus at an unexpectedly wide +60-80 words.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithplateau

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These are words often used in combination withplateau.

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high plateau
A theory of fertility : fromhighplateauto destabilization.
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limestone plateau
The goitered gazelle inhabits sands and gravel plains and limestone plateau.
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plateau phase
Voltage spread in the nonilluminated region was 10% larger during the plateau phase compared to the peak phase.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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