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 instability [,instә'biliti]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 不安定, 不稳定

[医] 不稳定性




    instability
    [ noun ]
    1. an unstable order

    2. <noun.state>
    3. unreliability attributable to being unstable

    4. <noun.attribute>
    5. a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium

    6. <noun.state>
      a hormonal imbalance
    7. the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute

    8. <noun.attribute>


    Instability \In`sta*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Instabilities}. [L.
    instabilitas: cf. F. instabilit['e].]
    1. The quality or condition of being unstable; lack of
    stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way
    or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the
    instability of a building.

    2. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy;
    fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of
    character, temper, custom, etc. --Addison.

    Syn: Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering;
    unsteadiness; unstableness.

    1. When Moody's originally rated the bonds, "we made some judgements about the possible range of political instability that might take place in China," said David Levey, another Moody's analyst.
    2. Such instability leads to frequent challenges to union leadership.
    3. The rating concern also cited "continued management instability" at the district, uncertainty over future power costs and concern about the district's ability to keep its rates competitive.
    4. He can afford to tolerate more instability than his opponents could have.
    5. At stake, rather, is whether they will for years be plagued with instability and poverty, or instead achieve a modest but productive place in the north-eastern corner of Europe. First, their successes.
    6. Monthly measurements since 1980 of a prominent crack on the forehead of George Washington's likeness indicated the potential instability of the fissure, he said.
    7. "We believe that allowing the remains of the late president to be brought back here would cause some instability and would discourage very much investors and tourists from coming here, plus also dividing the people," she said.
    8. Political instability is normally bad for a currency, but in the case of the yen this deduction cannot be so easily made. Elsewhere markets were fairly quiet.
    9. So far the market has been dominated by speculators and individual buyers. The conference on Latin American Capital Markets was overshadowed by the recent instability in financial markets in the industrialised world.
    10. Political instability and the military threat posed by relentless Arab hostility have not helped either.
    11. SWAPO said the assassination of Lubowski was intended to create instability prior to the elections, which SWAPO is widely favored to dominate, and to frighten whites at a time when racial unity is growing.
    12. The boost given the dollar by instability in Eastern bloc nations has run its course, he said.
    13. Given the potential for political instability in the region, many analysts consider a cautious view of its prospects to be justified.
    14. "This (debt reduction) is the way to make it possible for us to develop our economies and to avoid social unheavals and political instability," he said.
    15. Marital instability was also marked when Protestant and Jewish women married outside their faiths; surprisingly, though, no greater risk appeared when Catholic women did.
    16. They will create the very instability such action was designed to prevent.
    17. Traders said the potential for hostilities in the Middle East prompted short-covering in the dollar, a traditional beneficiary in times of instability.
    18. The result of Japan's misjudgments has been a recession for Japanese export industries, a political crisis for Mr. Nakasone and a continued instability in the yen-dollar relationship.
    19. "Many investors are sidelined until the instability of exchange rates settles down," said a dealer at Nikko Securities, speaking on condition of anonymity.
    20. National elections raise the prospect of more instability.
    21. Mentally ill people and peasants who've come to Beijing seeking work, both "major elements of instability," are being carted away.
    22. The dollar surged against other major currencies amid a growing threat of political instability in the Soviet Union. U.S. markets mostly shrugged off the developments.
    23. Mr. Conway's election comes after a period of instability in MMR's management and director ranks.
    24. Industry officials speculated that South Korean shipbuilders were handicapped by political and labor instability, while Japanese contenders were hurt by the surge in the yen's value against the dollar.
    25. However, the instability is certain to affect domestic oil prices.
    26. We have made a lot of mistakes, but we have avoided a return to the instability of the inter-war period.
    27. They said improvements there could help European markets, but warned that political instability in the Soviet Union could trigger a world financial crisis.
    28. Shevardnadze's motive most likely is the most obvious possibility: he wants to send a strong message to Gorbachev and other reformers in the Soviet Union about the dangers of dictatorship and instability.
    29. A spokesman for the army-backed caretaker government accused Bhutto of trying to create chaos and instability and force cancellation of the Oct. 24 parliamentary election.
    30. Others were building nest eggs for a time when they might flee political instability in their countries.
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