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

• 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。
• 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。
• He didn't want to stagnate in his dull office job until he retired.
  他不想停滞在枯燥乏味的办公室工作直到他退休。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even if catastrophe is avoided, the economy of the eurozone is forecast to stagnate next year.
  纵使灾难得以避免，预计欧元区经济明年也会出现停滞。
• If Germany does not, it will force its less competitive eurozone partners to stagnate and deflate.
  如果德国不采取这种做法，将迫使其竞争力较弱的欧元区伙伴国陷入停滞和通缩。
• One was that capitalism did not after all suffer from a long-term tendency to stagnate because of under-consumption.
  一个是，资本主义最终不会因为消费不足而出现停滞不前的长期趋势。