plural plateaus also plateaux /plæˈtoʊz/ plural plateaus also plateaux /plæˈtoʊz/ Learner's definition of PLATEAU
[count]
1
: a large flat area of land that is higher than other areas of land that surround it高原 — see color picture on this page 2
: a period when something does not increase or advance any further(增長或發展的)平穩時期,停滞時期 -
After several years of rapid growth, the company is now at a plateau. [=it has stopped growing]經過幾年快速增長之後,公司現在處於平穩期。
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The price of gas seems to have reached a plateau.油價似乎已達到平穩期。
2 plateau /plæˈtoʊ/ verb
plateaus; plateaued; plateauing
plateaus; plateaued; plateauing
Learner's definition of PLATEAU
[no object]
: to stop growing or increasing : to reach a plateau達到穩定時期;進入停滞狀態