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高原
A plateau is a large area of high and fairly flat land.
例句
A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.
一條寬闊的山谷展現(xiàn)在眼前，通往一處平整的開(kāi)墾地高原。
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（活動(dòng)或進(jìn)程中的）穩(wěn)定階段，停滯時(shí)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.
例句
The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau...
美國(guó)的海洛因市場(chǎng)現(xiàn)在似乎已到了停滯期。
I think the economy is stuck on a kind of plateau of slow growth.
我認(rèn)為經(jīng)濟(jì)將停留在緩慢發(fā)展的階段。
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（活動(dòng)、進(jìn)程、成本等）達(dá)到穩(wěn)定階段，進(jìn)入停滯時(shí)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.
例句
Evelyn's career is accelerating, and mine is plateauing out a bit...
伊夫琳的職業(yè)生涯蒸蒸日上，而我的則停滯不前。
The shares plateaued at 153p.
股票穩(wěn)定在153便士。