plateau

noun

1. 高原
   an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it
2. （发展、增长后的）稳定期，停滞期
   a time of little or no change after a period of growth or progress
   1. Inflation has reached a plateau.
      通货膨胀停了下来。

verb

1. （在一段时期的发展后）保持稳定水平，处于停滞状态
   to stay at a steady level after a period of growth or progress
   1. Unemployment has at last plateaued out.
      失业情况终于稳定了下来。

1. N-COUNT 高原
   A plateau is a large area of high and fairly flat land.
   1. A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.
      一条宽阔的山谷展现在眼前，通往一处平整的开垦地高原。
2. N-COUNT （活动或进程中的）稳定阶段，停滞时期
   If you say that an activity or process has reached a plateau, you mean that it has reached a stage where there is no further change or development.
   1. The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau...
      美国的海洛因市场现在似乎已到了停滞期。
   2. I think the economy is stuck on a kind of plateau of slow growth.
      我认为经济将停留在缓慢发展的阶段。
3. VERB （活动、进程、成本等）达到稳定阶段，进入停滞时期
   If something such as an activity, process, or cost plateaus or plateaus out, it reaches a stage where there is no further change or development.
   1. Evelyn's career is accelerating, and mine is plateauing out a bit...
      伊夫琳的职业生涯蒸蒸日上，而我的则停滞不前。
   2. The shares plateaued at 153p.
      股票稳定在153便士。

1. A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.
   一条宽阔的山谷展现在眼前，通往一处平整的开垦地高原。
2. The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau
   美国的海洛因市场现在似乎已到了停滞期。
3. I think the economy is stuck on a kind of plateau of slow growth.
   我认为经济将停留在缓慢发展的阶段。
4. Evelyn's career is accelerating, and mine is plateauing out a bit
   伊夫琳的职业生涯蒸蒸日上，而我的则停滞不前。
5. We took a plane south-west across the Anatolian plateau to Cappadocia.
   我们乘飞机向着西南方向越过安纳托利亚高原，前往卡帕多西亚。
6. The road straightened and we were on a plateau.
   路变直了，我们驶上了高原。
7. The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau has long been known as the roof of the world.
   青藏高原素有世界屋脊之称。
8. As the river drops from the plateau, it forms great waterfalls.
   河水从高原上下落时，形成了巨大的瀑布。
9. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the world's highest plateau, averaging over 4000 metres above sea level and covering an area of 200,000 square kilometres.
   中国的青藏高原是世界最高的高原。平均高度在海拔4000米以上，面积达20万平方公里。
10. The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.
    该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
11. The God of the American plateau Indian was coyote.
    美洲高原印第安人的上帝是郊狼。
12. This plateau Inn a milestone should be considered, on our journey, on railway construction.
    这个高原客栈应该算是一个里程碑，对我们的旅程是这样，对祖国的铁路建设亦如此。
13. The desertification land of the Ali plateau has the high-cold and arid landscape and the fragile bionomics property.
    阿里高原沙漠化土地具有高寒干旱景观特色和脆弱的生态学属性。
14. The mysterious snowy mountains, vast grassland, and groups of yaks form a unique plateau scenery.
    神秘的雪山、阔的草原和成群的牦牛构成了独特的高原风光，充满了无穷的魅力。
15. Qinghai-Tibet plateau is the most sensitive and driving active area to the global environments.
    青藏高原是全球环境最具有敏感和驱动作用的地区。
16. But at dusk the plateau becomes a more dangerous place.
    但到了黄昏，高地就会变成危险的地方。
17. Does this mean we've reached a plateau in terms of speed?
    这是否意味着我们已经到了速度发展的一个平台期呢？
18. But eventually everyone hits a plateau.
    但最终，每个人都进入了平台期。
19. He spent time ensuring it could function in the exposed, high winds of the Tibetan plateau.
    Frank花了很多时间来确保它暴露在大风的青藏高原上能够正常工作。
20. An arid sandstone plateau between the Nile and the Red Sea.
    一个干旱的沙石高原，位于尼罗河和红海之间。
21. Many of the mountain, plateau, hilly and basin areas are unsuited for living.
    中国的不少山地、高原、丘陵和盆地是不适宜人居住的。
22. This research provides morphological evidences for further study on tectonic activities in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
    本研究为进一步研究青藏高原东缘的活动构造提供了重要的地貌证据。
23. This is a new method to research on lakes in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau that are lack of observed data.
    该方法为青藏高原地区难以获得有效资料湖泊的研究提供了一种新思路。
24. Space programme has reached a plateau of development.
    太空研究已经达到了稳定发展时期。
25. They have been herding cattle on the plateau for generations.
    他们世世代代在这高原上放牧。
26. Similarly there is more precipitation in the Tibetan plateau, probably because of climate change.
    类似地，青藏高原的降水量也增加了，或许是由于气候变化。
27. There is also widely distribution of frozen soil over Northwest China and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
    在中国西北地区，青藏高原地区都有广泛的多年冻土和季节性冻土的分布。
28. Wisdom is the plateau that you will love you in restoring hope.
    智慧是高原，你会爱你恢复的希望。
29. The coldest area is in the plateau area of Tasmania and southeast corner of the tableland and mainland.
    最冷的地区在塔斯马尼亚的高原地带及台地和大陆的东南角。

noun

1. a relatively flat highland

   Synonym:    tableland