stabilize

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sta·bil·ize (also stabilise British English) /ˈsteɪbəlaɪz/ AWL verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT#to become firm, steady, or unchanging, or to make something firm or steady （使）穩固，（使）穩定 → stable

The patient’s condition has now stabilized.

病人的情況現已穩定下來了。

an attempt to stabilize the economy

穩定經濟的努力

—stabilization /ˌsteɪbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

stabilize• The behavior of the system stabilizes.• However once the unemployment rate has stabilized at a new, higher level, so too will the equilibrium rate of unemployment.• The structure of the CsA/CyP complex is stabilized by several hydrophobic interactions.• The private sector was to be harnessed to stabilize - if not increase - local employment.• Since costs tend to rise inexorably, attempts to stabilize public spending have essentially meant cuts in actual services.• City Hall had promised that urban renewal would be used to help restore and stabilize the community.

From Longman Business Dictionary

stabilizesta·bil·ize /ˈsteɪbəlaɪz/ (also stabilise British EnglishBrE) verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

to become firm, steady, or unchanging, or to make something do this

We want to stabilize consumerprices for sugar and sugar products.

the government’s plan to stabilize the economy

Intervention can only play a limited role in stabilizing currency exchange rates.

Calm returned to Wall Street as financial markets stabilized around the world.

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 12696 COCA: 5723

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