instability

名词 n.
/ɪnstəˈbɪlɪti/    /ˌɪnstəˈbɪləti/|[ˌɪnstəˈbɪləɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being unstable. uncountable
    — The template is [Richard] Nixon’s “madman theory” of diplomatic engagement – shorthand for prompting your adversaries to doubt your sanity and mental instability to the point where they are intimidated into otherwise unlikely concessions.
  2. A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect. countable

词形变化

instabilities plural

词源

From Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas.
Morphologically in- + stability.
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