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单词 stagnate
释义
stagnate
verb[I]
uk
/stæɡˈneɪt/us
/ˈstæɡ.neɪt/

stagnateverb[I](NOT CHANGE)

tostaythe same and notgrowordevelop:
停滞不前；不发展
Theelectronicsindustryisshowingsignsof stagnating after 15yearsofgrowth.电子产业在经过15年的飞速发展之后出现了停滞不前的迹象。
Mymusiccareerhad stagnated.
More examples
  • Theireconomywas stagnating, while Japan and Asia's "tigereconomies" werebooming.
  • Millions ofpeoplehavewatchedtheirincomesstagnate.
  • The company'scorebusinessis stagnating.
  • Ifeltlike I was stagnating in thatjob.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failing and doing badly
  • abjectly
  • at-risk
  • backbencher
  • balls(something)up
  • be on your beam endsidiom
  • blow
  • bomb
  • collapse
  • fall to piecesidiom
  • fight a losing battleidiom
  • flog
  • flog a dead horseidiom
  • flop
  • founder
  • rebound
  • rot
  • running on emptyidiom
  • sclerotic
  • smoke
  • the rot sets inidiom
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stagnateverb[I](NOT FLOW)

(of aliquidorair) to notmoveorflow, oftenresultingin itbecomingdirty:
For now, thestrongcurrentsmeanwaterisrelativelycleanbut when thelevelssubsidethewaterwill stagnate.
Valleys whereairtendsto stagnate often have highlevelsofpollutants.
More examples
  • There areworryingsignsof blue-green algalbloomsincreasing, as thewaterstagnates.
  • Withheapsofwasteanddirtywaterstagnating in theentirearea,diseaseisrife.
  • Bloodflowstagnates,robbingthehealingtissueofcriticaloxygen.
  • Thewarm,humidairis going to stagnate andbecomeoppressive.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Movement of liquids
  • backsplash
  • be dripping withsomethingidiom
  • bleed
  • decant
  • drainage
  • drip
  • eddy
  • leakage
  • ripple
  • run a bathphrase
  • runsomeone/somethingover
  • runnel
  • seep
  • seepage
  • spit
  • swirl
  • topsomethingup
  • trickle
  • tub
  • washsomethingaway
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(Definition ofstagnatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
stagnate
verb[I]
uk
/stæɡˈneɪt/us
/ˈstæɡ.neɪt/
tostaythe same and notgrowordevelop
停滞不前；不发展
Theelectronicsindustryisshowingsignsof stagnating after 15yearsofgrowth.电子产业在经过15年的飞速发展之后出现了停滞不前的迹象。

stagnate| American Dictionary

stagnate
verb[I]
us
/ˈstæɡ·neɪt/
tostaythe same and notgrowordevelop:
Thelocaleconomystagnatedwhen thefactoriesclosed.

stagnation

noun[U]us
/stæɡˈneɪ·ʃən/
Highcostshavecausedstagnation in thebuildingindustries.
(Definition ofstagnatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

stagnate| Business English

stagnate
verb[I]
ECONOMICS
uk
/stæɡˈneɪt/us
/ˈstæɡneɪt/
tostopgrowingordevelopingand not show anysignsofactivity:
Thehousingmarketstagnated asrisinginterestratessqueezedmanybuyersout of themarket.
While thevolumeoftrafficsoaredduring the past twodecades,transportationfundingstagnated.

stagnating

adjective
Michigan isstrugglingwith highunemploymentand a stagnatingeconomy.
(Definition ofstagnatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstagnate

stagnate
The pinch stagnates on the axis of the primary hohlraum.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Those countries that stayed at this import industrialization substitution stage stagnated economically.
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In spite of these investments, the cocoa industry stagnated during the oil boom years.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Much the same can be said of identifying those particular factors which cause some clusters to prosper and others tostagnateor wither away.
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The result was to characterise an economy that began tostagnatearound 1780.
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It can be said with reasonable certainty that smallholder maize production has stagnated.
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Primary school enrollments have stagnated at 74 per cent.
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People with early onset disorder tended tostagnatein the basic level.
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Thus, the evolution of ideas, like the evolution of organisms, should neverstagnatefor an indefinite period of time.
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But if the only thing people did was to adapt to existing ideational environments, cultural evolution wouldstagnate.
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Without a trade union of this kind, the lives of these government workers wouldstagnatemuch more seriously (ibid.).
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During the third period, the number of business associations has been stagnating in number.
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Funding problems and stagnating revenue performance in recent years are first indications that the sustainability of this donor intervention is under threat.
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Easterly (1994), in a model with fixed factors and minimum consumption requirement, shows how economic policies determine whether countriesstagnateor not.
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Between that year and 1743, silver production stagnated, and in 1743, approximately 8.6 million pesos were coined.
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