plateau at + 数值/水平
at 后接稳定下来后的具体数值或水平,也可用 around 表示大约。
Sales plateaued at around 5,000 units a month.
销量稳定在每月约5000台左右。
在一段增长后达到稳定水平;趋于平稳。
在一段增长后达到稳定水平;趋于平稳。
To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off.
一般现在时
The number of users plateaus after the initial surge.
用户数量在最初的激增后趋于平稳。
一般过去时
Sales plateaued last quarter after months of growth.
在连续数月增长后,上个季度的销售额趋于平稳。
现在完成时
The economy has plateaued for two years.
两年来经济一直保持平稳。
plateau 是规则动词,过去式和过去分词为 plateaued,-ing 形式为 plateauing。
After months of rapid growth, our sales finally plateaued.
经过几个月的快速增长,我们的销售终于趋于平稳。
用法提示:“plateaued”是动词“plateau”的过去式,表示增长后达到稳定水平。
The number of users has plateaued over the past year.
过去一年里,用户数量已经趋于平稳。
用法提示:“has plateaued”用现在完成时,表示已进入稳定状态。
Her weight loss began to plateau after the first few weeks.
几周后,她的减重效果开始趋于平稳。
用法提示:“plateau”在这里作动词,表示不再继续变化,保持稳定。
at 后接稳定下来后的具体数值或水平,也可用 around 表示大约。
Sales plateaued at around 5,000 units a month.
销量稳定在每月约5000台左右。
after 引出平稳之前发生变化的那一时段或事件。
Demand for the drug plateaued after the initial surge.
该药品的需求在最初激增后趋于平稳。
不及物用法,后面可直接跟时间状语,不接宾语。
The company's profits plateaued last year.
公司利润去年趋于平稳。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company's growth has plateau since last year.
正确表达The company's growth has plateaued since last year.
plateau 作动词时,用在 has/have 之后必须是过去分词 plateaued。汉语没有时态和动词词形变化,学习者容易直接照搬原形,漏掉 -ed 词尾。
grammar · medium
易错句子Sales plateaued to two million dollars last year.
正确表达Sales plateaued at two million dollars last year.
plateau 表示“在某一水平上停止变化、稳定下来”,用 at 引出这个稳定点;to 表示“朝某个数值上升或下降”(如 rise to、fall to),与 plateau 的“不再变动”含义相矛盾。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new policy plateaued the sales.
正确表达Sales plateaued after the new policy.
plateau 是不及物动词,主语就是那个趋于平稳的事物,后面不能接宾语。汉语说“使销量趋于平稳”可以把使役对象放在后面,英语则要改写句子,不能说 plateau the sales。
在(某一数值)趋于平稳,不再上升
Sales plateaued at around two million units a year.
年销量在约两百万件上下趋于平稳。
在……之后趋于平稳
Revenue plateaued after years of rapid growth.
收入在多年快速增长之后趋于平稳。
开始趋于平稳
Economic growth is beginning to plateau.
经济增长开始趋于平稳。
最终趋于平稳
Demand eventually plateaued in the second half of the year.
需求在下半年最终趋于平稳。
增长趋于平稳
Growth plateaus once the market matures.
市场一旦成熟,增长便会趋于平稳。
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