| 单词 | unstable |
| 释义 | unstable (ʌnsteɪbəl ) 1. adjective You can describe something as unstable if it is likely to change suddenly, especially if this creates difficulty or danger. After the fall of Pitt in 1801 there was a decade of unstable government. The situation is unstable and potentially dangerous. Synonyms: changeable, volatile, unpredictable, variable 2. adjective Unstable objects are likely to move or fall. Both clay and sandstone are unstable rock formations. 3. adjective If people are unstable, their emotions and behaviour keep changing because their minds are disturbed or upset. He was emotionally unstable. Coleridge was also a highly unstable person. Synonyms: unpredictable, irrational, erratic, inconsistent Collocations: unstable atmosphere Powerful air currents in the larger clouds pushed upwards in the unstable atmosphere, their tops thrust into the sky like turrets on a castle. Times, Sunday Times There have been magnificent clouds this week as big, beefy cumulus clouds bubble up in the unstable atmosphere, pumped up by warm air rising from the ground below. Times, Sunday Times The heavens really opened last week as low pressure brought a very unstable atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times Big beefy cumulus congestus clouds billowed into great cauliflower heads and soaring towers, their tops shining brilliant white high in the sky - a sure sign of an unstable atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times To a dangerously unstable country he offers only further instability. Times, Sunday Times However, experts believe that it could take years for companies to feel confident in sending contractors to the unstable country. Times, Sunday Times For no amount of military effort, endurance or skill will create a lasting peace in an unstable country if its government remains rotten, weak and ineffective. Times, Sunday Times Instead, we must think in terms of containing and managing a difficult, poor and unstable country without sinking too much into this difficult task. Times, Sunday Times People from politically unstable countries have the least travel freedom. Times, Sunday Times The theme of a community bounded and tested by an unstable environment even began to get to me, a little. Times, Sunday Times Experts contend that foreign companies may be next in line for unanticipated tax hits, creating an unstable environment. Times, Sunday Times Storing objects near windows, heaters, fireplaces, and exterior walls can create an unstable environment with temperature and humidity fluctuation and increase potential for damages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The unstable environment within their homes displays into their daring attitude towards life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Life-forms of phytoplankton as survival alternatives in an unstable environment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even more, it's about the increasingly unstable foundation on which several arrangements, both long-standing and more recent, are based. Times, Sunday Times Plans were made to demolish the building, which had an unstable foundation that was estimated to cost an 5 million guilders to restore. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These are regarded by many scholars as hypothesis only, and built on an unstable foundation and what can only be conjecture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It stands on a bank of boulders and sediment from the last ice age which make for unstable foundations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 不稳定的 Japanese: 不安定な |
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