英语词汇“instability”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

instability

/ɪnstəˈbɪlɪti

noun (plural instabilities) [mass noun]

1The state of being unstable; lack of stability: political and economic instability...

Economic hardship and popular demoralisation may create social and political instabilities which are more formidable threats to the regime than war with South Korea.
Economic or political instabilities within Pakistan could easily ignite the conflict once more.
Some simple arithmetic can give us a broader view of these structural instabilities.

Synonyms

unreliability, uncertainty, unpredictability, unpredictableness, precariousness, unsteadiness, insecurity, vulnerability, perilousness, riskiness;

impermanence, temporariness, transience, inconstancy, changeability, variability;

fluidity, fluctuation, rise and fall, rising and falling

informal chanciness, iffiness

British informal dodginess

literary mutability

unsteadiness, unsoundness, shakiness, ricketiness, wobbliness, frailty, fragility, flimsiness, insubstantiality

1.1Tendency to unpredictable behaviour or erratic changes of mood: she showed increasing signs of mental instability...

It emerged that Sharpe had a history of mental instability and had had psychiatric treatment.
He is unbalanced, and that mental instability makes him a danger to himself and to others.
This may be a reflection of Victorian attitudes towards mental instability.

Synonyms

changeableness, variability, capriciousness, volatility, flightiness, fitfulness, vacillation, oscillation, unpredictability, unpredictableness;

moodiness, a tendency to blow hot and cold;

unsoundness, frailty, infirmity, weakness, irregularity, abnormality

rare erraticism

Origin

Late Middle English: from French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas, from instabilis, from in- 'not' + stabilis (see stable¹).

单词	instability
释义	instability /ɪnstəˈbɪlɪti / noun (plural instabilities) [mass noun] 1The state of being unstable; lack of stability: political and economic instability... Economic hardship and popular demoralisation may create social and political instabilities which are more formidable threats to the regime than war with South Korea. Economic or political instabilities within Pakistan could easily ignite the conflict once more. Some simple arithmetic can give us a broader view of these structural instabilities. Synonyms unreliability, uncertainty, unpredictability, unpredictableness, precariousness, unsteadiness, insecurity, vulnerability, perilousness, riskiness; impermanence, temporariness, transience, inconstancy, changeability, variability; fluidity, fluctuation, rise and fall, rising and falling informal chanciness, iffiness British informal dodginess literary mutability unsteadiness, unsoundness, shakiness, ricketiness, wobbliness, frailty, fragility, flimsiness, insubstantiality 1.1Tendency to unpredictable behaviour or erratic changes of mood: she showed increasing signs of mental instability... It emerged that Sharpe had a history of mental instability and had had psychiatric treatment. He is unbalanced, and that mental instability makes him a danger to himself and to others. This may be a reflection of Victorian attitudes towards mental instability. Synonyms changeableness, variability, capriciousness, volatility, flightiness, fitfulness, vacillation, oscillation, unpredictability, unpredictableness; moodiness, a tendency to blow hot and cold; unsoundness, frailty, infirmity, weakness, irregularity, abnormality rare erraticism Origin Late Middle English: from French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas, from instabilis, from in- 'not' + stabilis (see stable¹).
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