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

• 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。
• His career had stagnated.
  他的事业已经陷入停滞。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• GDP is forecast to fall sharply in Italy and Spain, and stagnate in France and Germany.
  意大利和西班牙的GDP料将大幅下滑，而法国和德国将呈停滞状态。
• 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。
• Industrial production is stagnating
  工业生产正停滞不前。
• 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。
• Economies stagnate, while policy is aggressive.
  经济停滞的同时，政策激进。