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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A power shift is also under way in Asia as the Chinese market continues to boom while markets such as Japan stagnate.
  随着中国市场继续繁荣发展，而日本等市场陷于停滞，亚洲的权力更迭也在进行之中。
• 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。
• 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。