stagnate

['stægneit]

v. 停止, 停滞不前, 不景气

词形变化：

名词: stagnation | 动词过去式: stagnated | 动词过去分词: stagnated | 动词现在分词: stagnating | 动词第三人称单数: stagnates |

vi.

1. 淤塞; 腐败

2. 沉滞; 失去活力

vt.

1. 使淤塞; 使沉滞

2. 使萧条

stagnate

过去式：stagnated

过去分词：stagnated

现在进行时：stagnating

词形变化：

名词: stagnation | 动词过去式: stagnated | 动词过去分词: stagnated | 动词现在分词: stagnating | 动词第三人称单数: stagnates |

词义辨析：

反义参见:

animate¹

stagnate['stæɡneit; stæɡ'neit]vi.1.■不流动，呆滞，(水等)发臭：Black clouds have stagnated over the city for several days.乌云密布于该城已经好几天了。2.■不发展，不景气，变萧条：My mind is stagnating because I have watched TV all day.整天泡在电视机前，使我的头脑都变木了。Later,the market began to stagnate.后来市场就开始变萧条了。3.■变得死气沉沉(或不活跃)：When he left,the meeting stagnated.他走之后，会议就变得死气沉沉的了。4.■过沉闷的日子vt.1.■使不流动，使呆滞2.■使停滞，使不发展：The war stagnated researches into the causes of cancer.那场战争使癌症起因的研究工作停滞不前。3.■使不活跃，使变得死气沉沉：The atmosphere of the talk was stagnated when they dealt with rights.当会谈谈到权力问题的时候，会谈气氛变得死气沉沉了。adj.1.■[古语]= stagnant变形vi.stagnatedstagnating

1. [no obj.](of water or air) cease to flow or move; become stagnant
   （水，空气）不流动，停滞；变臭
   ■(figurative)cease developing; become inactive or dull
   (喻)不发展；变得死气沉沉，变呆滞
   teaching can easily stagnate into a set of routines.
   教育很容易固化为变一套陈规。
   [as adj. stagnating]stagnating consumer confidence.
   停滞不前的消费者信心。
   

1. mid 17th cent.: from Latin stagnat- 'settled as a still pool', from the verb stagnare, from stagnum 'pool'
   

stagnate

动词 stagnate:

stand still

cause to stagnate

cease to flow; stand without moving

be idle; exist in a changeless situation

同义词：idle, laze, slug

stagnate

■Why do some firms grow while others stagnate?

为何有些企业会在其他企业处于萧条时成长？

■Therefore, any work that can follow tradition but not stagnate, and have new artistic concepts will be appraised well.

为此，对于法古不泥而有新境者评优。

■The financial industry is likely to stagnate or shrink in the next few years.

今后几年，金融行业可能会停滞不前，或缩水。

■He didn't want to stagnate in his dull office job until he retired.

他不想停滞在枯燥乏味的办公室工作直到他退休。

■But my skills, my mind, my heart, and my body will stagnate, rot, and die lest I put them to good use.

但是,我的技艺，我的头脑，我的心灵，我的身体，若不善加利用，都将随着时间的流逝而迟钝，腐朽,甚至死亡.

■But if you don’t learn to delegate you will stagnate your business.

但是如果你不学会托付你，你将会在事业上停滞。

■After six hour the talk is stagnate.

六个小时后，会谈就停滞了。

■Taiwan’s economy is likely to stagnate for a long time to come.

台湾经济很可能会停滞很长一段时间。

■Later,the market began to stagnate.

后来市场就开始变萧条了。

■Where the masses are not roused, work will stagnate.

哪里不发动群众, 哪里的工作就死气沉沉。

■In the next few years, the nation's wealth will either stagnate or shrink.

在接下来几年，国家财富要么停滞要么缩水。

■Cold air which reaches the basin from northeast tends to stagnate there during the late autumn and winter.

在晚秋和冬季，从东北方向进入盆地的冷空气趋向于在那里滞留。

■For those hundreds of millions of people in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, levels of living seemed not to stagnate.

对于亚、非、拉数以亿计的人民来说，生活水平并不是没有提高。

■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。

■Career development is faced with many predicaments, such as stagnate, discontinue and tiredness of career.

新时期女性职业发展面临着多重困境,主要包括女性职业发展的停滞、业生涯的中断及职业厌倦等三个方面。

■Spheronization stagnate into a snowball of a piece of soft white.

滚圆的雪球凝滞成一片细软的白。

■These sectors will probably stagnate or even contract over the next 12 months.

然而，在未来的12个月内，这两个因素很可能停滞甚至萎缩。

■The one unpardonable sin of nature is to stand still, to stagnate.

自然界最不可饶恕的罪行就是驻足不前，淤滞停止。

■This country's economy seems stagnate this year.

这个国家的经济今年好像停滞不前。