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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Industrial production is stagnating
  工业生产正停滞不前。
• 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。
• 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。
• Economies stagnate, while policy is aggressive.
  经济停滞的同时，政策激进。
• 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。
• 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。