表示“平穩(wěn)”或者“波動”
(1) The amount of water used for agriculture remained/stayed stable/steady/unchanged for 5 years in a row.
(2) The unemployment rate was flat at 6%.
(3) The house price stabilized at a high level from 1998 to 2000.
(4) The power consumption levels out / levels off in this period.
(5) The power consumption fluctuated in this period.
“極值”或者“超越”表示法
(1) The proportion of migrant workers reached a record high of / a peak of 60% in 2005.
(2) The birth rate peaked at 3% in 2005.
(3) The rainfall in 2000 was 1500 mm that year, a new low in twenty years.
(4) The percentage of smokers in female grew to a record high of 37% in 1990 and outmatched / exceeded that of their male counterpart.