ADJ-GRADED 稳定的;稳固不变的 If something is stable, it is not likely to change or come to an end suddenly.
The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992. 油价会在 1992 年剩下的时间里保持稳定。
...a stable marriage. 稳定的婚姻
ADJ-GRADED (性格)平和稳重的,持重的 If someone has a stable personality, they are calm and reasonable and their mood does not change suddenly.
Their characters are fully formed and they are both very stable children. 他们的性格已经完全形成,两人都是非常持重的孩子。
ADJ-GRADED (病人)病情稳定的 You can describe someone who is seriously ill as stable when their condition has stopped getting worse.
The injured man was in a stable condition. 伤者情况稳定。
ADJ-GRADED (化学物质)稳定的 Chemical substances are described as stable when they tend to remain in the same chemical or atomic state.
The less stable compounds were converted into a compound called Delta-A THC. 不太稳定的化合物被转换成了一种叫做Delta-A THC的化合物。
ADJ-GRADED 稳固的;牢固的 If an object is stable, it is firmly fixed in position and is not likely to move or fall.
This structure must be stable. 这一结构必须得很稳固。
马厩 A stable or stables is a building in which horses are kept.
N-COUNT (繁殖、训练赛马的)养马场 A stable or stables is an organization that breeds and trains horses for racing.
Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable. 柯林小姐在来自米克·特里齐养马场的两匹马身上下了注,结果她赢了。
VERB 把(马)关进马厩 When horses are stabled, they are put into a stable.
The animals had been fed and stabled... 牲畜已经喂好并关进厩里了。
You should allow your stabled horse a couple of hours' freedom per day. 你应该每天把关在马厩里的马放出来自由活动几个小时。
N-COUNT 接受同一经纪人服务的一群人 You can say that someone has a stable of people when they manage and promote the careers of that group of people.
As chief executive, he assembled a polished stable of celebrities. 作为首席执行官,他手下云集了一批优雅的名人名士。
亡羊补牢 If you say that someone has closed or shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, you mean that they have tried to prevent something happening but they have done so too late to prevent damage being done.