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单词 instability
释义
instability
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Instability is the quality of not being stable, balanced, or predictable. If you've ever walked out onto a diving board, you've probably noticed its instability — meaning the board bends and bounces as you move.
Instability comes from the Middle French word instabilite, meaning "unsteadiness." Instability can refer to objects that are not stable, but it can also describe unpredictable situations or relationships. For example, you might hear people talk about economic instability. Or if your behavior at school grows erratic and unpredictable, you might be asked to speak to a therapist about your psychological instability.
WORD FAMILY
instability: instabilities+/destabilise: destabilised/destabilize: destabilization, destabilized, destabilizes, destabilizing/stabilisation: destabilisation/stabilise: destabilise, stabilisation, stabilised, stabiliser, stabilising/stability: instability, stabilities/stabilization: stabilizations/stabilize: destabilize, stabilization, stabilized, stabilizer, stabilizes, stabilizing/stabilizer: stabilizers/stable: stabilise, stability, stabilize, stabled, stableness, stabler, stables, stabling, stably, unstable/stabling: stablings/unstable: unstableness, unstably
USAGE EXAMPLES
He said that he was motivated by a sense of instability because of the threat of terrorism and the conflict in Ukraine.
Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)
Among his contemporaries, recognition of Lowell’s mental instability was inextricably bound up with awe of his talent.
The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)
The year might be drawing to a close but the instability of 2016 will continue.
The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)
1n a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
Syn|Ant|Hyper
imbalance, unbalance
balance
a state of equilibrium
disequilibrium
loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others
2n the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper
unstableness
stability, stableness
the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
shakiness
the quality of being unstable and insecure
unsteadiness
the quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable
3n unreliability attributable to being unstable
Hyper
undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness
the trait of not being dependable or reliable
4n an unstable order
Ant|Hyper
stability
a stable order (especially of society)
disorder
a disturbance of the peace or of public order
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