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单词 unstable
例句
unstableunstable /ʌnˈsteɪbəl/ adjective (formal) unstable AWL (formal)
likely to fall or move. You use unstable about things that will no longer provide support for something if they fall or move:
  • The building is very old and the walls have become unstable.
  • Some of the houses had been built on unstable soil on the west side of the mountain.
  • unsteady
    unable to balance well:
  • I felt very unsteady when I stood up for the first time after six weeks in bed.
  • The boat became more and more unsteady as the wind and waves hit it.
  • shaky (informal)
    weak and unsteady. If a person is shaky, it is because of illness, old age, or shock. If a thing is shaky, it is because it is not in good condition or not made well:
  • It is normal to feel a little shaky when you have the flu.
  • The ladder was a little shaky.
  • precarious
    not safe, and likely to fall or make someone fall. Precarious sounds slightly formal or literary, and is usually used about something that is in a high place:
  • He was sitting in a precarious spot in the highest branches of the tree.
  • wobbly (informal)
    moving from side to side in an unsteady way:
  • The table was a little wobbly, so I tried not to lean on it.
  • ANTONYMS ➔ see stable ➔ see changeable for unstable meaning “likely to change suddenly and become worse”ADVERBS: unstableYou can make the adjectives unsteady, shaky, and precarious into adverbs by using an -ly ending: She walked unsteadily down the hall to her bedroom. | The lamp was balanced precariously on a pile of boxes.
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