2N-COUNT (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. (活动或进程中的)稳定阶段,停滞时期
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.
3VERB (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. (活动、进程、成本等)达到稳定阶段,进入停滞时期
Evelyn's career is accelerating, and mine is plateauing out a bit. [Vout]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLATEAU | PLATEAU + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤high高原▸➤broad, vast廣闊的/遼闊的高原▸➤central中部的高原➤rocky岩石高原➤windswept暴風肆虐的高原◇The summit is a windswept plateau of scattered rocks.山頂暴風肆虐,碎石散佈。VERB + PLATEAU➤reach(尤指上升後)進入平穩期◇The children's standard of reading seems to have reached a plateau.孩子們的閱讀水平似乎停滯不前了。PLATEAU + VERB➤overlook sth高原俯瞰⋯PREPOSITION➤across a/the plateau橫過高原◇A terrible storm swept across the plateau.一場可怕的暴風雨橫掃高原。