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ADJ-GRADED
穩定的;穩固不變的
If something is stable, it is not likely to change or come to an end suddenly.
例句
The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992.
油價會在 1992 年剩下的時間里保持穩定。
...a stable marriage.
穩定的婚姻
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ADJ-GRADED
(性格)平和穩重的，持重的
If someone has a stable personality, they are calm and reasonable and their mood does not change suddenly.
例句
Their characters are fully formed and they are both very stable children.
他們的性格已經完全形成，兩人都是非常持重的孩子。
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ADJ-GRADED
(病人)病情穩定的
You can describe someone who is seriously ill as stable when their condition has stopped getting worse.
例句
The injured man was in a stable condition.
傷者情況穩定。
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ADJ-GRADED
(化學物質)穩定的
Chemical substances are described as stable when they tend to remain in the same chemical or atomic state.
例句
The less stable compounds were converted into a compound called Delta-A THC.
不太穩定的化合物被轉換成了一種叫做Delta-A THC的化合物。
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ADJ-GRADED
穩固的;牢固的
If an object is stable, it is firmly fixed in position and is not likely to move or fall.
例句
This structure must be stable.
這一結構必須得很穩固。
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N-COUNT
馬廄
A stable or stables is a building in which horses are kept.
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N-COUNT
(繁殖、訓練賽馬的)養馬場
A stable or stables is an organization that breeds and trains horses for racing.
例句
Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable.
柯林小姐在來自米克·特里齊養馬場的兩匹馬身上下了注，結果她贏了。
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VERB
把(馬)關進馬廄
When horses are stabled, they are put into a stable.
例句
The animals had been fed and stabled...
牲畜已經喂好并關進廄里了。
You should allow your stabled horse a couple of hours' freedom per day.
你應該每天把關在馬廄里的馬放出來自由活動幾個小時。
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N-COUNT
接受同一經紀人服務的一群人
You can say that someone has a stable of people when they manage and promote the careers of that group of people.
例句
As chief executive, he assembled a polished stable of celebrities.
作為首席執行官，他手下云集了一批優雅的名人名士。
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PHRASE
亡羊補牢
If you say that someone has closed or shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, you mean that they have tried to prevent something happening but they have done so too late to prevent damage being done.