| 单词 | stabilize |
| 释义 | stabilize (once / 1412 pages) v The verb stabilize means to hold steady or make firm. When you climb a ladder, you should stabilize the ladder before you get on it, otherwise you may get a lesson in the laws of gravity — you know, what goes up comes down! The verb stabilize also means to keep from changing or shifting. If you have a fever and your temperature is all over the place, you can help stabilize it by taking aspirin. The verb stabilize was originally applied to ships and the idea that something like weight or the shape of the ship could be used to produce a steadier, or less wobbly, voyage. Now the verb applies to anything that can be made more steady or stable. You might remember how happy you were when learning to ride a bike that you had training wheels to stabilize you. WORD FAMILYstabilize: destabilize, stabilization, stabilized, stabilizer, stabilizes, stabilizing+/destabilise: destabilised/destabilize: destabilization, destabilized, destabilizes, destabilizing/instability: instabilities/stabilisation: destabilisation/stabilise: destabilise, stabilisation, stabilised, stabiliser, stabilising/stability: instability, stabilities/stabilization: stabilizations/stabilizer: stabilizers/stable: stabilise, stability, stabilize, stabled, stableness, stabler, stables, stabling, stably, unstable/stabling: stablings/unstable: unstableness, unstably USAGE EXAMPLESA medical helicopter landed on the highway, but emergency workers couldn’t stabilize him. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The actions should sufficiently stabilize the documents for display and travel. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) But as the year progressed, the price of oil began to stabilize, reinvigorating the entire sector. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) 1v support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace Syn|Hypo|Hyper brace, stabilise, steady ballast make steady with a ballast guysteady or support with a guy wire or cable beef up, fortify, strengthen make strong or stronger 2v make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium The drug stabilized her blood pressure stabilize prices Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper stabilise destabilise, destabilize make unstable peg stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v become stable or more stable The economy stabilized Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper stabilise destabilise, destabilize become unstable root, settle, settle down, steady down, take root become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style becalm, calm, steadymake steady roostsettle down or stay, as if on a roost change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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