stagnate

英 [stæɡˈneɪt]

美 [ˈstæɡneɪt]

v.  停滞; 不发展; 不进步; 因不流动而变得污浊

过去式：stagnated　过去分词：stagnated　现在分词：stagnating　第三人称单数：stagnates　

IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.20471 / COCA.18383

牛津词典

verb

• 停滞；不发展；不进步
  to stop developing or making progress
  1. Profits have stagnated.
     利润原地踏步。
  2. I feel I'm stagnating in this job.
     我觉得，干这份工作我没有长进。
• 因不流动而变得污浊
  to be or become stagnant
  1. The water in the pond was stagnating.
     池塘里的水逐渐变成了死水。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 停滞不前;不发展;无变化
  If something such as a business or societystagnates, it stops changing or progressing.
  1. Industrial production is stagnating...
     工业生产正停滞不前。
  2. His career had stagnated.
     他的事业已经陷入停滞。

英英释义

verb

• be idle
  1. The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
  2. He slugged in bed all morning
  Synonym:idlelazeslug
• cease to flow
  1. Stagnating waters
  2. blood stagnates in the capillaries
• cause to stagnate
  1. There are marshes that stagnate the waters
• stand still
  1. Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy

双语例句

• Where the masses are not roused, work will stagnate.
  哪里不发动群众，哪里的工作就死气沉沉。
• If you allow your mind to stagnate, this particular talent will atrophy
  如果你老不用脑，那么这一特殊才能就会退化。
• The inductry's been allowed to stagnate for too long now.
  到如今允许工业停滞的时间太长了。
• With China promising continued strong growth while European economies stagnate, European investors will remain keen to move their money east.
  在欧洲经济停滞不前之时，中国经济却有希望继续强劲增长，因此，欧洲投资者仍将对投资东方充满热情。
• His career had stagnated.
  他的事业已经陷入停滞。
• The US is also like Japan in that, in such circumstances, government deficits rise and government debt starts to pile up, as tax revenues fall or stagnate and government spending and transfer payments rise.
  还有一个相似之处在于，在这种情况下，随着税收的减少或停滞，以及政府支出和转移支付的增加，政府赤字扩大，政府债务开始增加。
• The IMF predicts it will contract by 0.4 per cent before doing little better than stagnate in 2013.
  IMF预计，欧元区经济将萎缩0.4%，而后在2013年达到接近停滞的状态。
• Without this the periphery will simply stagnate.
  如果做不到这一点，欧元区外围国家将只会陷入停滞。
• Virtually all western economies have seen wages stagnate or fall in recent years.
  近年来，几乎所有西方经济体的工资水平都陷入停滞或有所下降。
• If you merely repeat the same experiences, you'll stagnate, and your mental capacity will atrophy.
  如果你只重复相同的经验，就会停滞不前，脑容量会萎缩。