level off

安定する、横ばいになる

上昇や下降、変化が止まり、高さや量がほぼ一定になること。

やさしい英語で： To stop rising, falling, or changing and stay at about the same height or amount.

• Sales have levelled off.
• The plane climbed, then levelled off above the clouds.
• Will prices level off before winter?

使い方： level off at an amount/height (Prices levelled off at around ten pounds.)

類義語： stabilize, even out, flatten out

よく使う表現： level off at, level off gradually

平らにならす

出っ張りを取り除くなどして、物の表面を平らにすること。

やさしい英語で： To make the top of something flat, often by removing anything sticking up.

• Level off the top.
• She levelled the spoonful off with a knife.
• We levelled off the soil before planting seeds.

使い方： level something off with something (Level the flour off with a knife.)

類義語： flatten, level

よく使う表現： level off something, level off flour