Island of stability

FRANKFURT & Germany 's stature as an island of stability in the European debt crisis was shaken Wednesday when it fell far short of selling all the government bonds it put up for auction .

法兰克福报道-因周三未能将拍卖的国债全部售出，欧债危机中德国安全岛的地位被撼动。

Just as technetium and promethium are islands of instability in parts of the periodic table which are not normally radioactive , so many physicists believe that in the unstable part at the bottom there lies an island of stability .

正如在周期表上本不该有放射性的部分存在着锝和钷这样的不稳定元素岛一样，许多物理学家相信，在周期表不稳定的底部区域会有一座稳定元素岛。

Dr Dullmann 's version of element 119 will not quite be there . It will have only 177 neutrons . But if it can be made , it will be a stepping stone towards the fabled island of stability , which is generally agreed to be a worthwhile destination .

Dullmann博士所述的119号元素也并不能达到稳定岛，它只有177个中子。但如果119号元素可以合成，将会是走向传说中的稳定岛的一个台阶，而稳定元素岛是公认的有价值的目的地。