1. 高原 A plateau is a large area of high and fairly flat land.
e.g. A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land. 一條寬闊的山谷展現在眼前，通往一處平整的開(kāi)墾地高原。
2. （活動(dòng)或進(jìn)程中的）穩定階段，停滯時(shí)期 If you say that an activity or process has reached a plateau, you mean that it has reached a stage where there is no further change or development.
plateau的翻譯
e.g. The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau... 美國的海洛因市場(chǎng)現在似乎已到了停滯期。 e.g. I think the economy is stuck on a kind of plateau of slow growth. 我認為經(jīng)濟將停留在緩慢發(fā)展的階段。
3. （活動(dòng)、進(jìn)程、成本等）達到穩定階段，進(jìn)入停滯時(shí)期 If something such as an activity, process, or cost plateaus or plateaus out, it reaches a stage where there is no further change or development.
e.g. Evelyn's career is accelerating, and mine is plateauing out a bit... 伊夫琳的職業(yè)生涯蒸蒸日上，而我的則停滯不前。 e.g. The shares plateaued at 153p. 股票穩定在153便士。