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

• Cold air which reaches the basin from northeast tends to stagnate there during the late autumn and winter.
  在晚秋和冬季，从东北方向进入盆地的冷空气趋向于在那里滞留。
• But it demonstrates the ambition of many UK engineering companies not just to exploit emerging economies such as China for their low manufacturing costs, but also for their growing domestic demand as western economies stagnate.
  但它证明了诸多英国工程技术公司的雄心：不仅要利用中国等新兴经济体较为低廉的制造业成本，还要在西方经济体停滞之际，利用它们日益上升的国内需求。
• Meanwhile, traditional videogame powerhouses like Electronic Arts and Nintendo have seen revenues stagnate and fall.
  与此同时，美国艺电（ElectronicArts）和日本任天堂等传统的视频游戏开发商的营收，则处于停滞和下滑窘境。
• Accurately and reliably in when move and stagnate, high efficiency and economic investment.
  移动及停位准确可靠，效率高，投资省。
• Industrial production is stagnating
  工业生产正停滞不前。
• 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。
• Passionate people never stagnate in the pool of despair, feeling they are finished.
  热情的人绝不会搁浅在绝望的死水中，自认为自己就这么完了。
• If the economy continues to stagnate we could see darker days for art collectors.
  如果经济继续停滞不前，我们可能会看到艺术品收藏家的日子将变得更加艰难。
• 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。