stabilize

/ˈsteɪbəlaɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsteɪbəlaɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstā-bə-ˌlīz/ (ame, mw)

stabilize — verb

  • stabilizepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • stabilizeshe / she / it
  • stabilizedpast simple
  • stabilizing-ing form

1. to stop changing or moving around, and become steady and unlikely to change furt

1.動詞不及物B2
釋義

to stop changing or moving around, and become steady and unlikely to change further

例句

After the earthquake, the building's walls began to stabilize within a few hours.

intransitive: subject + stabilize (no object)

The patient's heart rate stabilized after the doctors gave her the new medicine.

同義詞
  • settle

    more informal, often about emotions or situations becoming calm

  • level off

    more specific — used for numbers, rates, or quantities that stop changing

  • normalize

    implies returning to a usual or standard state

反義詞
  • destabilize

    to make something become unsteady or likely to change

  • fluctuate

    to keep changing, especially up and down

文法句型

stabilize (no object)

用法筆記

Subject is typically a condition, situation, or system that becomes steady on its own or as a result of external factors, without direct intervention by the speaker. Common in medical (patient's condition, vital signs), economic (prices, currency), and environmental (weather, ground) contexts.

常見錯誤

❌The medicine stabilized the patient's condition.' — this describes an action, so it needs the transitive form.
✅The patient's condition stabilized after the medicine.
💡use the intransitive form when the subject becomes steady without a direct object.

2. to make something stop changing or moving around, so that it becomes steady

2.動詞及物B2
釋義

to make something stop changing or moving around, so that it becomes steady

例句

The government took steps to stabilize the economy after the financial crisis.

stabilize + direct object (economy)

Dylan used wooden boards to stabilize the old bookshelf against the wall.

同義詞
  • secure

    emphasizes making something physically safe or firmly attached

  • steady

    more general; means to hold something so it stops moving

  • reinforce

    focuses on making something stronger rather than steady

反義詞
  • destabilize

    to make something unsteady or likely to change

  • disrupt

    to interrupt the normal, steady state of something

文法句型

stabilize + object

用法筆記

The subject is the person, group, or thing that performs the action of making something steady. The object is what becomes steady as a result. This sense commonly appears in engineering (stabilize a structure), medicine (stabilize a patient's condition), and finance (stabilize prices or currency).

常見錯誤

❌The situation stabilized by the new policy.
✅The new policy stabilized the situation.
💡the transitive form needs an active subject that causes the change; do not use 'by' to introduce the cause as if the verb were intransitive.