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

• As sales stagnate, firms will delay paying suppliers for as long as they can.
  由于销售的停滞，各公司将会尽可能的拖延偿还供应商的资金。
• Lack of reform risks condemning Mexico to stagnate with America.
  缺乏改革让墨西哥注定要承受与美国一起萧条的风险。
• 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。
• Yet the ECB has permitted nominal GDP and the money supply ( supposedly, the second pillar of its policies) to stagnate.
  但欧洲央行放任了名义GDP和货币供给（一般认为这是其政策的第二支柱）的停滞。
• 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。
• After six hour the talk is stagnate.
  六个小时后，会谈就停滞了。
• I reiterate that we sincerely hope Sino-U.S.Relations will not stagnate, but will continue to develop.
  我重复说，我们真诚地希望中美关系不但不要停滞，而且要发展。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。