| 单词 | stabilize |
| 释义 | sta·bi·lize transitive verb 1. < sand fences were built and grasses planted to stabilize the migratory ridges — American Guide Series: North Carolina > < advise me where the plant should be stabilized — P.A.Zahl > < religious faith … stabilizes one's life — Rufus Jones > < the recent arrivals … strengthened and stabilized the organization they discovered already in existence — Oscar Handlin > 2. a. < a rocket stabilized by a gyroscope > b. c. 3. < a chemical treatment to stabilize a fabric > intransitive verb 1. < prices received by farmers had stabilized — Dun's Review > < the birthrate has fallen and populations have tended to stabilize — Gerald Piel > < when pulse and blood pressure respond and stabilize — Journal American Medical Association > 2. Synonyms: < measures to stabilize and in the long run to enlarge farm income — New Republic > < if the stock rises, the fund can buy fewer shares; if the stock falls, it can buy more, thus tending to stabilize the market — Time > steady applies to what loses, or is subject to loss of, its customary stability, and consequently rocks, shakes, flutters, or tips < steady a table by putting a wedge under one leg > < while medics steadied trays of instruments against bomb concussions — Bill Alcine > < controlled elections steadied authoritarian regimes during the year — M.B.Travis > < a medicine to steady the nerves > poise applies chiefly to what maintains its equilibrium, either by an inherent proper distribution of balancing forces or by a discipline as of muscle or mind, under circumstances which would normally upset it, especially external forces (as the law of gravity), or in a way that suggests imminent upset < try to see a figure poised on a crag or jut of ice over a precipice — Marion Sheridan > < kingfishers poise on bare cypress limbs — American Guide Series: Florida > < the world is poised, uneasily, dangerously, on a point of decision — London Calling > balance also implies an equilibrium resulting from an even distribution of opposing forces but, unlike poise, carries little suggestion of sustained equilibrium or of forces working to upset < balance a pair of scales by putting like weights in both trays > < a military dictatorship of one man who balances and plays off the main forces of the country against each other — H.L.Matthews > < her humor … balanced between dignity and absurdity — Current Biography > ballast implies the addition of something heavy or solid to hold down, hold steady, or ensure the stability of something too light or too buoyant; in application to the mind or character it implies something counteracting volatility, frivolity, or uncertainty < ballast a canoe in stormy weather with large stones > < the marriage seemed to ballast the normally flighty girl > trim implies a proper balancing, as of a boat or ship, especially by moving contents around so that it sits well or fulfills well any of the conditions that make for steadiness < could be trimmed on an even keel … like scales, in which the weight on one side must be counterposed by a weight in the other — Richard Jefferies > < one man … can make quick work of loading and trimming a boxcar — Industrial Equipment News > |
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