destabilize
verb(British English also destabilise)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they destabilize | |
he / she / it destabilizes | |
past simple destabilized | |
past participle destabilized | |
-ing form destabilizing |
- 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
- …