The act of making something steady, or the state of having become steady — the noun that goes with the verb stabilize. It is used where something was moving, falling, shaking or changing in a worrying way, and then stopped doing that.

The act of making something steady讓某樣東西變穩定的行為, or the state of having become steady或已經變穩定的狀態 — the noun that goes with the verb stabilize是動詞stabilize對應的名詞。It它 is used用在 where something was moving, falling, shaking or changing in a worrying way某樣東西原本在移動、下跌、搖晃或以令人擔心的方式變化，and then stopped doing that後來停止了那樣的情況。

Money people talk about the stabilization of prices or of a currency; doctors talk about the stabilization of a patient, meaning the person is no longer getting worse (note: that does not mean better — it means the fall has stopped); engineers talk about the stabilization of a wall, a boat, or a video image; politicians talk about the stabilization of a country after fighting.

Money people財經界的人 talk about the stabilization of prices or of a currency談的是物價或貨幣的stabilization（穩定）；doctors醫生 talk about the stabilization of a patient談的是病人的stabilization, meaning the person is no longer getting worse意思是病人的狀況沒有繼續惡化 (note: that does not mean better — it means the fall has stopped)（注意：不代表變好——只是代表下滑停止了）；engineers工程師 talk about the stabilization of a wall, a boat, or a video image談的是牆壁、船，或影像畫面的stabilization；politicians政治人物 talk about the stabilization of a country after fighting談的是戰亂之後一個國家的stabilization。

It is a formal word. It lives in news reports, medical notes, business writing and government papers, almost never in a chat with a friend — in speech people say "things settled down" or "he's stable now".

It它 is a formal word是一個正式的字。It它 lives in出現在 news reports, medical notes, business writing and government papers新聞報導、醫療紀錄、商業文件和政府公文裡，almost never幾乎不會出現 in a chat with a friend在朋友聊天時 — in speech口語裡 people say人們會說 "things settled down"「things settled down」（事情穩下來了） or "he's stable now"或「he's stable now」（他現在穩定了）。

British writing often spells it stabilisation, with an s; American writing uses the z. Both are correct, so pick one and stay with it.

British writing英式寫法 often spells it stabilisation常拼成stabilisation, with an s用s；American writing美式寫法 uses the z用z。Both are correct兩種都對，so pick one and stay with it所以選一種、就一直用它。

You will also meet it as a describing word in front of another noun: a stabilization programme, stabilization fund, image stabilization.

You你 will also meet it也會看到它 as a describing word in front of another noun當形容詞放在另一個名詞前面：a stabilization programme穩定計畫, stabilization fund穩定基金, image stabilization影像穩定。