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

• 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。
• The IMF predicts it will contract by 0.4 per cent before doing little better than stagnate in 2013.
  IMF预计，欧元区经济将萎缩0.4%，而后在2013年达到接近停滞的状态。
• 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。
• Virtually all western economies have seen wages stagnate or fall in recent years.
  近年来，几乎所有西方经济体的工资水平都陷入停滞或有所下降。
• 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。
• The US is also like Japan in that, in such circumstances, government deficits rise and government debt starts to pile up, as tax revenues fall or stagnate and government spending and transfer payments rise.
  还有一个相似之处在于，在这种情况下，随着税收的减少或停滞，以及政府支出和转移支付的增加，政府赤字扩大，政府债务开始增加。
• 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。
• 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。
• As sales stagnate, firms will delay paying suppliers for as long as they can.
  由于销售的停滞，各公司将会尽可能的拖延偿还供应商的资金。
• 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。