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Stagnation Economic Water Writer's 英 Stæɡ'Neɪʃn] 美 Stæɡ'Neɪʃn N.停滞

英语单词 stagnation
英美音标 英 [stæɡ'neɪʃn] 美 [stæɡ'neɪʃn]
中文释义 n.停滞
英语例句 (1) The country enters a period of stagnation.
(2) But what happens if collectivist societies snap out of their economic stagnation?
中文例句 (1) 这个国家进入了经济停滞时期。
(2) 但如果集体主义社会迅速走出经济停滞呢?
vocabulary简明 Stagnation is the state of being still, or not moving, like a sitting puddle of water where stagnation attracts mosquitoes.
vocabulary扩展 The root of stagnation is the Latin word for "standing water," stagnatum. The stagnation of water can be a serious problem in parts of the world where mosquitoes spread diseases like malaria, or where there is a shortage of drinkable water. There are also other kinds of stagnation, or inactivity — like a struggling country's economic stagnation or a writer's mental stagnation that results in writer's block.

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