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

• 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。
• The continuing instability in global financial markets should have made it clear that we need that now.
  全球金融市场的持续不稳定应该让人们看得很清楚了：我们现在就必须这样做！
• Recent incidents are holding back other foundations from developing, and are fueling social instability.
  最近的事件阻碍了其它基金会的发展，引起了社会动荡。
• 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。
• 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。
• You can combine your system's efferent coupling and afferent coupling numbers to form another metric: instability.
  您可以将系统的传出耦合和传入耦合的数量结合起来，形成另一个度量：不稳定性。
• This, coupled with the factor of price instability, caused
  这些和价格不稳定因素结合起来，导致了
• The occurrence of squall lines is frequently associated with instability energy and vertical wind shear.
  飑线的产生经常与不稳定能量和垂直风切变相联系。
• China had created uncertainty, insecurity and instability in the region.
  中国在该地区制造了不确定性、不安全和不稳定。
• 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。