stagnate
英 [st?g'ne?t; 'st?gne?t]
美[st?ɡ'net]
- vi. 停滯；淤塞；變蕭條
- vt. 使淤塞；使沉滯；使蕭條
CET6+低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?stagnates;過去式:?stagnated;過去分詞:?stagnated;現在分詞:?stagnating;名詞:?stagnation;
中文詞源
stagnate 停滯，不流動
來自拉丁語 stagnare,停滯，靜止，來自 stagnatum,靜水，死水，可能來自 PIE*stag,滴，慢滲， 詞源同 instill,distill,stalactite,stalagmite.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Where the masses are not roused, work will stagnate.
- 哪里不發動群眾, 哪里的工作就死氣沉沉.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. If you allow your mind to stagnate, this particular talent will atrophy.
- 如果你老不用腦，那么這一特殊才能就會退化。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Taiwan's economy is likely to stagnate for a long time to come.
- 臺灣經濟很可能會停滯很長一段時間.
來自互聯網
- 4. The unpardonable sin of nature is to stand still, to stagnate.
- 自然界最不可饒恕的罪行就是駐足不前, 淤滯停止.
來自互聯網
- 5. Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy.
- 如果我們不刺激我們的經濟,工業就會停滯.
來自互聯網