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stagnate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stag·nate /stæɡˈneɪt $ ˈstæɡneɪt/ verb [intransitive]  PROGRESSto stop developing or making progress 停滞;不发展 Growth is expected to stagnate next year. 预计明年增长会停滞。 His career had stagnated. 他的事业停滞不前了。stagnation /stæɡˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] economic stagnation 经济停滞→ See Verb table
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stagnateWithout this pressing at the edge of the performance envelope, both technology and productivity would stagnate.Everyone needs new challenges. Otherwise you just stagnate.In the last ten years, the country's agricultural output has stagnated.It stifles innovation and allows policy-making to stagnate.For centuries Galactic civilization has stagnated and declined, though only a few ever realized that.Prices have continued to rise in the North, but to stagnate and fall in the South.If we do not evolve we stagnate and rot.Her freestyle times also began to stagnate, and those early morning workouts were becoming more a job than a joy.This energy is called ch'i and can stagnate, become blocked or weakened, or have its flow reversed.Business here has stagnated compared with other wine-producing regions.a stagnating economyHowever, economic activity began to slow in mid-1990 and stagnated in the fourth quarter.
From Longman Business Dictionarystagnatestag‧nate /stægˈneɪtˈstægneɪt/ verb [intransitive]ECONOMICS if an economy or industry stagnates, it does not grow, or it grows only very slowlyThe construction industry is stagnating and there has been a steep fall in new orders.a stagnating economystagnation noun [uncountable]In Japan in the 1990s, a financial collapse led to economic stagnation.→ See Verb tableOrigin stagnate (1600-1700) Latin past participle of stagnare, from stagnum area of water that is not flowing
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stagnate
stagnate /stæɡˈneɪt $ ˈstæɡneɪt/ verb [intransitive]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: past participle of stagnare, from stagnum 'area of water that is not flowing'
to stop developing or making progress:
    Growth is expected to stagnate next year.
    His career had stagnated.
—stagnation /stæɡˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
    economic stagnation


stag·nateBrE /stæɡˈneɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstæɡneɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they stagnate BrE /stæɡˈneɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstæɡneɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it stagnates BrE /stæɡˈneɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstæɡneɪts/ 🔊past simple stagnated BrE /stæɡˈneɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstæɡneɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle stagnated BrE /stæɡˈneɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstæɡneɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form stagnating BrE /stæɡˈneɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstæɡneɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] to stop developing or making progress 停滞;不发展;不进步Profits have stagnated. 利润原地踏步。🔊🔊I feel I'm stagnating in this job. 我觉得,干这份工作我没有长进。🔊🔊 [intransitive] to be or become stagnant 因不流动而变得污浊The water in the pond was stagnating. 池塘里的水逐渐变成了死水。🔊🔊 stag·na·tion BrE /stæɡˈneɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /stæɡˈneɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a period of economic stagnation经济停滞时期