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小词详解 | stagnate
stagnate 英 [stæɡˈneɪt] 美 [ˈstæɡneɪt]
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Ageing populations mean that the workforces in developed economies are likely to stagnate, or even shrink, in coming decades.
人口老龄化意味着发达经济体的劳动力总量在未来数十年里有可能停滞甚至缩减。
——《经济学人》Currently Japanese women live the longest, but their progress will probably stagnate, the study said.
研究称,目前日本女性的寿命最长,但其寿命的提升可能会停滞不前。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] (指水或空气)停止流动或移动;变得停滞
池塘里清澈的水逐渐变成死水。
The limpid water in the pond was stagnating.
Well may he eschew the calm of domestic life; it is not his element: there his faculties stagnate—they cannot develop or appear to advantage.
他很可能会避开平静的家庭生活,这并非他的适宜之处:他的能力在此停滞不前——无法发展,也无法发挥优势。
languish: fail to make progress or be successful vegetate: live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way stultify: cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine