instability

英 [ˌɪnstəˈbɪləti]

美 [ˌɪnstəˈbɪləti]

n.  不稳定; 不稳固; (精神的)不稳定状态，变化无常

复数：instabilities　

CET6医学

Collins.2 / BNC.7796 / COCA.6926

牛津词典

noun

• 不稳定；不稳固
  the quality of a situation in which things are likely to change or fail suddenly
  1. political and economic instability
     政治和经济的不稳定
• （精神的）不稳定状态，变化无常
  a mental condition in which sb's behaviour is likely to change suddenly
  1. mental/emotional instability
     精神 / 情绪的不稳定

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 不稳定(性);不稳固(性)
  Instabilityis the quality of being unstable.
  1. ...unpopular policies, which resulted in social discontent and political instability.
     导致社会不满与政治不稳定的不得人心的政策
  2. ...Caligula's inherent mental instability...
     卡里古拉先天性的精神不稳定
  3. The length of the fuselage was increased due to a degree of directional instability.
     由于存在某种程度的航向不稳定性,机身被加长了。

英英释义

noun

• the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
  Synonym:unstableness
• unreliability attributable to being unstable
• an unstable order
• a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
  1. a hormonal imbalance
  Synonym:imbalanceunbalance

双语例句

• Change the type of trader making up a market and you change its level of instability.
  改变了组成市场的交易员类型，你就改变了市场的稳定程度。
• The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability.
  选举将在愈加动荡不安的局势下举行。
• And some of his tendency toward instability.
  和他不稳定的倾向。
• The secretary said the poverty and instability in Somalia that underlie the piracy problem are not being forgotten.
  克林顿国务卿说，潜伏在海盗问题下面的索马里的贫困和不稳定没有被忘记。
• The characteristics of the vertical instability were discussed by experimental tests and finite element analysis.
  采用试验测试和有限元分析相结合的方法对沙漏簧的垂向失稳特性进行了探讨。
• Fears of instability should the regime fall are overdone.
  对该政权倒台后局势会变得不稳的担忧有些过头了。
• The path towards violence leads only to greater instability, economic disaster, and suffering.
  通往暴力的道路只会导致更大的不稳定、经济灾难和痛苦。
• So I'm interested in moments and places of instability: thresholds of transition in between two things.
  所以我对不稳定的时刻和位置很有兴趣：在两个事物间转换的界限。
• Think of climate change, financial instability, nuclear proliferation, resource shortages and terrorism.
  想一想气候变化、金融不稳定、核扩散、资源短缺和恐怖主义等问题就知道了。
• Such instability hampers progress toward economic development.
  这种不稳定状态阻碍了经济发展的步伐。