stagnate

英 [stæɡ'neɪt] 美 ['stæɡneɪt]

• v. 停止；停滞不前；不景气

英英释义

Verb:

1. stand still;

   "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
   

2. cause to stagnate;

   "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
   

3. cease to flow; stand without moving;

   "Stagnating waters"
   "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
   

4. be idle; exist in a changeless situation;

   "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"
   "He slugged in bed all morning"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. If you merely repeat the same experiences you'll stagnate and your mental capacity will atrophy.
   假如你只重复相同的经验，就会停滞不前，脑容量会萎缩。

经典引文

• The Air..stagnated in the Shaft.

  出自： J. Ray

• Water..stagnates and corrupts during..months in which the rains intermit.

  出自： E. Bancroft

• I'm stagnating horribly away from..things intellectual.

  出自： J. Dawson

• He let his shame stagnate into bitterness.

  出自： J. Trollope

近反义词

【近义词】

• idle 无目的
• stand still 站着不动
• come to a halt 停顿
• grind to a halt 困住
• languish 衰弱无力
• fester 溃烂
• rot 腐烂
• deteriorate 恶化
• go off 爆炸
• decay (使)衰退
• go stale 筋疲力尽,丧失元气...
• vegetate 生长
• slug 蛞蝓
• laze 懒散