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stagnate v.停止；停滞不前；不景气 (1) 自然界最不可饶恕的罪行就是驻足不前，淤滞停止。(2) 今后几年，金融行业可能会停滞不前，或缩水。 When water stagnates, it stops moving and then sometimes begins to smells bad and attract mosquitoes. Think of a marshy pond or an old puddle. Similarly in the figurative sense, when the economy or society stagnates, it doesn't just sit still, it loses momentum. The word carries with it a negative connotation as something that stagnates really should be moving.

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英 [stæɡ'neɪt] 美 ['stæɡneɪt] (1) The one unpardonable sin of nature is to stand still, to stagnate.(2) The financial industry is likely to stagnate or shrink in the next few years. If after high school you choose to live in your parents' house, keep the same job, and spend time with the same friends, your mother might worry that you've decided to stagnate, or stop moving forward. 1[VERB 动词]停滞不前；不发展；无变化 If something such as a business or society stagnates, it stops changing or progressing.   [V]  [disapproval]Industrial production is stagnating...工业生产正停滞不前。His career had stagnated.他的事业已经陷入停滞。stagnation...the stagnation of the steel industry.钢铁工业死气沉沉

英语单词	stagnate
英美音标	英 [stæɡ'neɪt] 美 ['stæɡneɪt]
中文释义	v.停止；停滞不前；不景气
英语例句	(1) The one unpardonable sin of nature is to stand still, to stagnate. (2) The financial industry is likely to stagnate or shrink in the next few years.
中文例句	(1) 自然界最不可饶恕的罪行就是驻足不前，淤滞停止。 (2) 今后几年，金融行业可能会停滞不前，或缩水。
vocabulary简明	If after high school you choose to live in your parents' house, keep the same job, and spend time with the same friends, your mother might worry that you've decided to stagnate, or stop moving forward.
vocabulary扩展	When water stagnates, it stops moving and then sometimes begins to smells bad and attract mosquitoes. Think of a marshy pond or an old puddle. Similarly in the figurative sense, when the economy or society stagnates, it doesn't just sit still, it loses momentum. The word carries with it a negative connotation as something that stagnates really should be moving.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]停滞不前；不发展；无变化 If something such as a business or society stagnates, it stops changing or progressing. [V] [disapproval] Industrial production is stagnating... 工业生产正停滞不前。 His career had stagnated. 他的事业已经陷入停滞。 stagnation ...the stagnation of the steel industry. 钢铁工业死气沉沉

Stagnate Moving Stops Society Stagnation 英 Stæɡ'Neɪt] 美 Stæɡneɪt