stabilize
- v. 稳定下来
- v. 使稳定
- Definition
- v. to become steady and unlikely to change
- v. to make something steady and unlikely to change
- Example
- Doctors worked quickly to stabilize the patient after the accident.
- 医生们迅速采取措施，让事故后的病人情况稳定下来。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to make stable or firm (verb).
比较义项：使稳定、使不再摇晃或改变（动词）。
- steady
Steady is used for a quick, physical or emotional bracing action - steadying your hand, a ladder, or your nerves - often momentary, and sounds informal and everyday.
steady 常用于描述短暂的、身体上或情绪上的扶稳动作——扶稳手、梯子或稳定情绪——通常是一时的动作，语气较口语、日常。
She grabbed the rail to steady herself as the boat rocked.
她抓住扶手，在船摇晃时扶稳了自己。
- stabilize 本词
Stabilize is more formal and technical, describing an ongoing process to prevent change over time - used in medical, financial, or engineering contexts, like stabilizing a patient or an economy.
stabilize 更正式、更专业，指为防止情况随时间变化而进行的持续过程，常用于医疗、金融或工程语境，例如使病人病情稳定或使经济稳定。
Doctors managed to stabilize her condition within the first hour after surgery.
医生们在手术后第一个小时内设法使她的病情稳定下来。
Steady and stabilize both mean to make something stable. Steady is used for a quick bracing action, like steadying your hand; its adjective sense 'stable,' as in 'a steady job,' is not compared. Stabilize describes an ongoing process to prevent change, common in medical contexts.
这两个词在“使稳定”这一义项上意思相近，但语气和场景不同：steady 多指瞬间的身体或情绪上的扶稳动作，语气口语化、日常；stabilize 更正式、更专业，强调持续防止变化的过程，常见于医疗、金融或工程语境。这里不比较 steady 作形容词表示“稳定的”（如 steady job, steady pace）的用法。