destabilize
verb🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪz/
🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪz/
(British English also destabilise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they destabilize | 🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪz/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it destabilizes | 🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple destabilized | 🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle destabilized | 🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form destabilizing | 🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈsteɪbəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- destabilize something
to make a system, country, government, etc. become less well established or successful 使（制度、国家、政府等）动摇；使不安定；使不稳定 Terrorist attacks were threatening to destabilize the government. 恐怖袭击威胁着政府的稳定。 🔊🔊 The news had a destabilizing effect on the stock market. 这消息引起了股市的动荡。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDestabilize is used with these nouns as the object:- country
- economy
- government
- …