stagnating
present participle ofstagnate
| 单词 | stagnating |
| 释义 | stagnating present participle ofstagnate stagnate verb[I] uk/stæɡˈneɪt/us/ˈstæɡ.neɪt/stagnateverb[I](NOT CHANGE)tostaythe same and notgrowordevelop: Theelectronicsindustryisshowingsignsof stagnating after 15yearsofgrowth. Mymusiccareerhad stagnated.
Failing and doing badly
stagnateverb[I](NOT FLOW)(of aliquidorair) to notmoveorflow, oftenresultingin itbecomingdirty: For now, thestrongcurrentsmeanwaterisrelativelycleanbut when thelevelssubsidethewaterwill stagnate. Valleys whereairtendsto stagnate often have highlevelsofpollutants.
Movement of liquids
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Immobility Examplesofstagnatingstagnating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The assumption that the energy loss along thestagnatingstreamline is equal to the change in potential energy along the streamline cannot be justified rigorously. From theCambridge English Corpus They therefore chose instead to remain in old and clearlystagnatingbusinesses, such as jute and coal, which required less capital. From theCambridge English Corpus During the third period, the number of business associations has beenstagnatingin number. From theCambridge English Corpus Funding problems andstagnatingrevenue performance in recent years are first indications that the sustainability of this donor intervention is under threat. From theCambridge English Corpus Afterstagnatingthroughout the 1930s, prices rose slowly during the war. From theCambridge English Corpus Beyond the structural problems that the cocoa sector faced, the commodity price boom of the 1970s gave way to declining and thenstagnatingprices. From theCambridge English Corpus That is not the case however : the company isstagnatinginstead of developing. From theCambridge English Corpus Faced withstagnatingor even decreasing revenues to spend on hospitals, county councils have increasingly focused on the expenditure side. From theCambridge English Corpus Recently, however, revenues have beenstagnatingand profits have been reduced. From theCambridge English Corpus We are not told whether the towns were growing orstagnating, or what their core strengths and weaknesses were before the growth centre project started. From theCambridge English Corpus The reintegration of the most vulnerable groups is 'stagnating'. From theCambridge English Corpus Secondly, an inexorable demographic pressure and astagnatingnonagricultural sector have resulted in a significant decline in the land-to-man ratio. From theCambridge English Corpus There was a trend of growing disparity between the two samples : the upper classes were becoming taller while the average stature of the labouring classes was declining orstagnating. From theCambridge English Corpus Environment and development policy isstagnating, and indeed we should actually be talking about a 'roll-back' in environment policy. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Populations are falling, economic growth isstagnating, and the institute takes the view that the situation will be long-term. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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