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stasis

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sta·sis /ˈsteɪsɪs $ ˈsteɪ-, ˈstæ-/ noun [uncountable] technical or formal  a state or period in which there is no change or development 停滞(期);静止(期)
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stasisThis presumably reflects the fact that biliary stasis remains with a nidus of infection already present even after stones are removed.The comparatively long time intervals between such environmental vicissitudes may be characterized by stasis in ecosystems as well as the component species.The result, in the developed world, was educational stasis.In the microscope, the virus is monochromatic, and it is in stasis.Yet it is stasis, not change, that is the hallmark of evolution.As has already been mentioned, the land is associated with stasis and stagnation, with spiritual non-being.
Origin stasis (1700-1800) Modern Latin Greek, standing, stopping, from histasthai to stand
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stasis
stasis /ˈsteɪsəs, ˈsteɪsɪs $ ˈsteɪ-, ˈstæ-/ noun [uncountable] technical or formal
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Modern Latin
 Origin: Greek, 'standing, stopping', from histasthai 'to stand'
a state or period in which there is no change or development


sta·sisBrE /ˈsteɪsɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsteɪsɪs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (
plural
sta·ses BrE /ˈsteɪsiːz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsteɪsiːz/ 🔊
)
(formal)
a situation in which there is no change or development 停滞;静止