unstable
- adj. 不穩(wěn)定的;動(dòng)蕩的;易變的
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Their politics consisted of unstable power-plays between rival groups.
- 他們的政治活動(dòng)包括競(jìng)爭(zhēng)團(tuán)體間反復(fù)多變的打壓行動(dòng)。
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- 2. The situation is unstable and potentially dangerous.
- 情況不穩(wěn)定,可能有危險(xiǎn)。
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- 3. She was physically delicate and psy-chologically unstable.
- 她身體孱弱,心理上也不夠穩(wěn)定。
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- 4. Both clay and sandstone are unstable rock formations.
- 黏土和砂巖都是不牢固的巖石構(gòu)造。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Europe had become infinitely more unstable and fragmented.
- 歐洲已經(jīng)變得相當(dāng)不穩(wěn)定,也越來(lái)越分化。
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