level off

• 指在增长或下降之后趋于稳定、变得平稳；也指使某物变得平坦或光滑。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of stabilizing or becoming steady after a period of increase or decrease, or to make something flat or even.

不可数 · 不及物 · 短语动词，不带宾语

1. Become stable or constantformal

   To stop increasing or decreasing and remain at a steady level.

   趋于稳定

   • The population growth is expected to level off by 2030.
   • After a sharp rise, prices finally leveled off.
   • His performance leveled off after the initial improvement.

   同义词even outflattenplateausteady

   反义词fluctuateoscillateswingvarywaver

2. Make flat or evenformal

   To make a surface flat or even.

   弄平

   • The workers leveled off the ground before building the foundation.
   • She used a trowel to level off the concrete.
   • The road was leveled off to improve safety.

   同义词even outflattenplanesmooth

基本动词level