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单词 plateau
释义
plateau
(plætoʊ , US plæt )
Word forms: plateaus , plateaux , plateaus , plateauing , plateaued
1. countable noun
A plateau is a large area of high and fairly flat land.
A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.
Synonyms: upland, table, highland, mesa  
2. countable noun
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.
The U.S. heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau.
I think the economy is stuck on a kind of plateau of slow growth.
Synonyms: levelling off, level, stage, stability  
3. verb
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.
Evelyn's career is accelerating, and mine is plateauing out a bit. [V out]
The shares plateaued at 153p. [VERB + at]
Image of plateau
Collocations:
reach a plateau
We all at some point reach a plateau or hit a brick wall in our training, professional or private lives.
The Sun
Most stroke patients see some progress, but then reach a plateau.
Times, Sunday Times
Some reach a plateau and just potter on.
Times, Sunday Times
You reach a plateau at 6 months, a year, 18 months, 3 years tops: that's what we're told.
Times, Sunday Times
You will soon reach a plateau, however, so for weight loss to continue there needs to be an element of progression.
Times, Sunday Times
rocky plateau
The mountain forms a distinct rocky plateau 22 km long by 9 km wide.
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It was created by two massive prismatic towers situated on opposite parts of a rocky plateau.
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It has steep north facing cliffs, the summit area being the highest point on a broad rocky plateau.
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Translations:
Chinese: 高原
Japanese: 高原
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