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

• Economies stagnate, while policy is aggressive.
  经济停滞的同时，政策激进。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The inductry's been allowed to stagnate for too long now.
  到如今允许工业停滞的时间太长了。
• 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。