plateau

US [plæˈtoʊ]
UK [ˈplætoʊ]
  • n.高原；台地；平台期；高原期
  • v.进入停滞期；达到平稳状态
  • Web高地；坪；高原州
Simple Present：plateaus  Present Participle：plateauing  Past Tense：plateaued  Plural Form：plateaux  

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Plateau
n.
1.
高原an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it
2.
（发展、增长后的）稳定期，停滞期a time of little or no change after a period of growth or progress
Inflation has reached a plateau.
通货膨胀停了下来。
v.
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（在一段时期的发展后）保持稳定水平，处于停滞状态to stay at a steady level after a period of growth or progress
Unemployment has at last plateaued out.
失业情况终于稳定了下来。

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1.
There seems to be a plateau, however, that has also surprised and confounded some researchers.
这看似很容易让人接受，但这还是使一些研究者迷惑并惊讶。
zhè kàn sì hěn róng yì ràng rén jiē shòu , dàn zhè hái shì shǐ yì xiē yán jiū zhě mí huò bìng jīng yà 。
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2.
Take the snack wrap, which came about when restaurants started to see a plateau in sales volume of its Chicken Selects.
以快餐卷为例，出现于精选鸡肉销售处于停滞期之时。
yǐ kuài cān juǎn wéi lì , chū xiàn yú jīng xuǎn jī ròu xiāo shòu chǔ yú tíng zhì qī zhī shí 。
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3.
The threshold friction velocity over the Loess Plateau depends on the wind direction, due to the complex terrain and inhomogeneous surface.
由于受地形及非均匀下垫面的影响，黄土高原的临界起沙摩擦速度与风向有关。
yóu yú shòu dì xíng jí fēi jūn yún xià diàn miàn dī yǐng xiǎng , huáng tǔ gāo yuán de lín jiè qǐ shā mó cā sù dù yǔ fēng xiàng yǒu guān 。
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WHATEVER you think about ghosts, it is hard to speak of this desolate plateau on Turkey's eastern edge without using the word "haunted" .
不管你怎么看待鬼魂，当说起这个土耳其东部边境上的荒无人烟的高地时，人们很难不想到“阴魂不散”这个词。
bù guǎn nǐ zěn me kàn dài guǐ hún , dāng shuō qǐ zhè ge tǔ ěr qí dōng bù biān jìng shàng de huāng wú rén yān de gāo dì shí , rén men hěn nán bù xiǎng dào " yīn hún bù sàn " zhè ge cí 。
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At the beginning of the new century, the meets east railway station out of a gang of "from the loess plateau MiZhi PoYi SuiDe han" .
新世纪之初，大都会东海火车站走出一帮来自黄土高原的“米脂婆姨绥德汉”。
xīn shì jì zhī chū , dà dū huì dōng hǎi huǒ chē zhàn zǒu chū yī bāng lái zì huáng tǔ gāo yuán de " mǐ zhī pó yí suí dé hàn " 。
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6.
Forests in the Yellow River region have already decreased a great deal in Quaternary age, and the Loess Plateau began to be formed.
在黄河流域，第四纪时森林已大量减少，黄土高原已开始形成。
zài huáng hé liú yù , dì sì jì shí sēn lín yǐ dà liàng jiǎn shǎo , huáng tǔ gāo yuán yǐ kāi shǐ xíng chéng 。
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7.
The waters scoured off the soft, windblown soil near the surface and eventually reached bedrock, the hardened lava of the Columbia Plateau.
洪水冲洗掉地表附近松软的风化土，最终到达了岩床，哥伦比亚高原上坚硬的火山岩。
hóng shuǐ chōng xǐ diào dì biǎo fù jìn sōng ruǎn de fēng huà tǔ , zuì zhōng dào dá le yán chuáng , gē lún bǐ yà gāo yuán shàng jiān yìng de huǒ shān yán 。
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It had rained a little in the night and it was fresh and cool on the plateau, and there was a wonderful view.
夜里下了一会儿雨，高岗上的空气新鲜、凉快，展现出一幅美妙的景色。
yè lǐ xià le yī huì er yǔ , gāo gǎng shàng de kōng qì xīn xiān 、 liáng kuài , zhǎn xiàn chū yī fú měi miào de jǐng sè 。
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Finally we reached the glacier plateau, and a few minutes later we entered ABC. The circle had been closed.
最后我们到达冰河台阶，几分钟后我们进入ABC营地。不用再回转了，一切都结束了！
zuì hòu wǒ men dào dá bīng hé tái jiē , jī fēn zhōng hòu wǒ men jìn rù ABC yíng dì 。 bú yòng zài huí zhuǎn le , yí qiè dōu jié shù le !
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These could be an indication of erosion by fine dust particles carried on the wind, sandblasting the plateau smooth.
这些可能是风沙侵蚀的标志，风沙侵蚀让这一地区变得非常平坦。
zhè xiē kě néng shì fēng shā qīn shí de biāo zhì , fēng shā qīn shí ràng zhè yī dì qū biàn de fēi cháng píng tǎn 。
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