unstable

英 [ʌn'steɪb(ə)l] 美[ʌn'stebl]
  • adj. 不稳定的;动荡的;易变的

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英英释意


1. lacking stability or fixity or firmness;
"unstable political conditions"
"the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"
"an unstable world economy"
2. highly or violently reactive;
"sensitive and highly unstable compounds"
3. affording no ease or reassurance;
"a precarious truce"
4. suffering from severe mental illness;
"of unsound mind"
5. disposed to psychological variability;
"his rather unstable religious convictions"
6. subject to change; variable;
"a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"
"everything was unstable following the coup"

英文词源


unstable (adj.)
early 13c., "apt to move," from un- (1) "not" + stable (adj.). Similar formation in Middle High German unstabel. Meaning "liable to fall" is recorded from c. 1300; sense of "fickle" is attested from late 13c. An Old English word for this was feallendlic, which might have become *fally.

考试真题


He says the market for the tea is unstable and he is often forced to sell his purple tea for the same price as green tea leaves.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

How unstable the West Antarctic ice sheet is.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

Surrounded by open ocean, it is also vulnerable, but Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it is

出自-2010年12月听力原文

We are usually tired already by the time we get on a plane, and the crowded apace and unstable Internet connection make work more challenging.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Mathematical models have also revealed that food webs may be unstable, where small changes of top predators can lead to big effects throughout entire ecosystems.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Unstable boundaries of the two classes.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

实用场景例句


The political situation remains highly unstable.
政局仍然十分动荡。

牛津词典

chemically unstable
化学上不稳定的

牛津词典

After the fall of Pitt in 1801 there was a decade of unstable government...
1801年皮特倒台后,政府经历了10年的动荡。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The situation is unstable and potentially dangerous.
情况不稳定,可能有危险。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Both clay and sandstone are unstable rock formations.
黏土和砂岩都是不牢固的岩石构造。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He was emotionally unstable...
他情绪不稳定。

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Coleridge was also a highly unstable person.
科尔里奇还是个情绪非常不稳定的人。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Rock walls resting against glaciers will become unstable as ice disappears and so set off avalanches.
由于冰川消融,紧靠冰川的石崖变得不稳定,因此引发雪崩.

期刊摘选

It is well known that operating a process under unstable conditions is a challenging control problem.
众所周知,将程序操作在不稳定点的条件上是很具挑战性的控制问题.

期刊摘选

It shall initiate the specified reaction plan when the process becomes unstable or not statistically capable.
当过程变得不稳定或统计能力不足时,应采取规定的反应计划.

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A ship without a ballast is unstable.
一艘船如果没有压舱物,便不会稳定.

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Her mother, mentally unstable, eventually entered an asylum in 1885.
她的精神不稳定的母亲在1885年最终进了一家精神病院.

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During the period, many kinds of problems occur frequently, and the social structure is extremely unstable.
这一时期属社会问题多发期 、 社会结构最不稳定期.

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The patient's condition was unstable.
那患者的病情不稳定.

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Is your television picture wobbly ( unstable ) recently?
最近您的电视机图像不稳定?

期刊摘选

This article emphasizes a prediction of overbreak, the unstable wedge , for openings jointed rock mass.
本文着重于岩体中洞室超挖-不稳定楔形体的预测.

期刊摘选

The vocational commitment of novice teacher is in the indesicive and unstable stage.
新手型教师的职业承诺仍是一种选择性的阶段和状态,还不成熟、不稳定.

期刊摘选

Presuming the Three to be vanquished, the Horadrim's unstable fellowship began to dissipate.
可以料想在三大恶魔被击败之后, 赫拉迪姆那不稳固的友谊便开始消散了.

期刊摘选

When the plate becomes unstable, it buckles laterally.
当板失去稳定时, 就发生横向屈曲.

辞典例句

The situation was unstable.
局势不稳.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.
这书橱很不结实,装不了这么多书.

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He was the most unstable kind of fool I had ever seen.
他是我所遇见过的最反复无常的傻瓜.

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The bed is rickety [ unstable ] .
这床不 牢.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The political situation was unstable.
政局不稳.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The political situation remains highly unstable.
政局仍然十分动荡。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The situation is unstable and potentially dangerous.
情况不稳定,可能有危险。

柯林斯例句

After the fall of Pitt in 1801 there was a decade of unstable government.
1801年皮特倒台后,政府经历了10年的动荡。

柯林斯例句