单词 | unstable |
释义 | un·stable a. (1) < snow as unstable as aspic trembled on the steep slope — R.L.Neuberger > < the unstable shifting sands of the desert > (2) < the tower proved to be unstable in a high wind > < the bird flutters on its unstable pech > (3) < felt the unstable tripping beat of her heart > (4) < the young earth was yet unstable, the molten forces within were constantly looking for escape — W.E.Swinton > < the road may become so unstable as to compel the imposition of a speed limit — O.S.Nock > < built on an unstable foundation > b. (1) < an unstable and uneasy class of yeomen — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager > < his rather unstable religious convictions — H.E.Starr > < woman's love … is volatile, insoluble, unstable — Marcia Anderson > (2) < an unstable temperament — Rex Ingamells > < the unstable prisoners … placed in the vague but convenient category of psychopaths — A.H.MacCormick > < had brought an inherently unstable nature to the point of mental and emotional collapse — E.J.Simmons > c. (1) < an unstable world economy … subjected to periods of wars, inflation, and depression — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) > < the wind might change; for it is an unstable world — Charles Kingsley > < unstable climate > < unstable relationship > (2) (3) < unstable emulsions tend to separate into layers > (4) Synonyms: see inconstant |
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