stagnate
英 [stæɡˈneɪt]
美 [ˈstæɡ.neɪt]
- vi. 停滞;淤塞;变萧条
- vt. 使淤塞;使沉滞;使萧条
stagnate 停滞,不流动来自拉丁语 stagnare,停滞,静止,来自 stagnatum,静水,死水,可能来自 PIE*stag,滴,慢渗, 词源同 instill,distill,stalactite,stalagmite.
- stagnate (v.)
- 1660s, from Latin stagnatum, stagnatus, past participle of stagnare "to stagnate," from stagnatum "standing water, pond, swamp," perhaps from a PIE root *stag- "to seep drip" (cognates: Greek stazein "to ooze, drip;" see stalactite). Figurative use by 1709. Related: Stagnated; stagnating.
- 1. Where the masses are not roused, work will stagnate.
- 哪里不发动群众, 哪里的工作就死气沉沉.
- 2. If you allow your mind to stagnate, this particular talent will atrophy.
- 如果你老不用脑,那么这一特殊才能就会退化。
- 3. Taiwan's economy is likely to stagnate for a long time to come.
- 台湾经济很可能会停滞很长一段时间.
- 4. The 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.
- 5. Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy.
- 如果我们不刺激我们的经济,工业就会停滞.