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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.
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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.
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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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