stagnate

verb

1. 停滞；不发展；不进步
   to stop developing or making progress
   1. Profits have stagnated.
      利润原地踏步。
   2. I feel I'm stagnating in this job.
      我觉得，干这份工作我没有长进。
2. 因不流动而变得污浊
   to be or become stagnant
   1. The water in the pond was stagnating.
      池塘里的水逐渐变成了死水。

1. VERB 停滞不前;不发展;无变化
   If something such as a business or society stagnates, it stops changing or progressing.
   1. Industrial production is stagnating...
      工业生产正停滞不前。
   2. His career had stagnated.
      他的事业已经陷入停滞。

1. 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。
2. Industrial production is stagnating
   工业生产正停滞不前。
3. His career had stagnated.
   他的事业已经陷入停滞。
4. 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。
5. As sales stagnate, firms will delay paying suppliers for as long as they can.
   由于销售的停滞，各公司将会尽可能的拖延偿还供应商的资金。
6. Passionate people never stagnate in the pool of despair, feeling they are finished.
   热情的人绝不会搁浅在绝望的死水中，自认为自己就这么完了。
7. GDP is forecast to fall sharply in Italy and Spain, and stagnate in France and Germany.
   意大利和西班牙的GDP料将大幅下滑，而法国和德国将呈停滞状态。
8. Economies stagnate, while policy is aggressive.
   经济停滞的同时，政策激进。
9. But it demonstrates the ambition of many UK engineering companies not just to exploit emerging economies such as China for their low manufacturing costs, but also for their growing domestic demand as western economies stagnate.
   但它证明了诸多英国工程技术公司的雄心：不仅要利用中国等新兴经济体较为低廉的制造业成本，还要在西方经济体停滞之际，利用它们日益上升的国内需求。
10. The inductry's been allowed to stagnate for too long now.
    到如今允许工业停滞的时间太长了。
11. Yet the ECB has permitted nominal GDP and the money supply ( supposedly, the second pillar of its policies) to stagnate.
    但欧洲央行放任了名义GDP和货币供给（一般认为这是其政策的第二支柱）的停滞。
12. The IMF predicts it will contract by 0.4 per cent before doing little better than stagnate in 2013.
    IMF预计，欧元区经济将萎缩0.4%，而后在2013年达到接近停滞的状态。
13. Virtually all western economies have seen wages stagnate or fall in recent years.
    近年来，几乎所有西方经济体的工资水平都陷入停滞或有所下降。
14. He didn't want to stagnate in his dull office job until he retired.
    他不想停滞在枯燥乏味的办公室工作直到他退休。
15. The US is also like Japan in that, in such circumstances, government deficits rise and government debt starts to pile up, as tax revenues fall or stagnate and government spending and transfer payments rise.
    还有一个相似之处在于，在这种情况下，随着税收的减少或停滞，以及政府支出和转移支付的增加，政府赤字扩大，政府债务开始增加。
16. If the economy continues to stagnate we could see darker days for art collectors.
    如果经济继续停滞不前，我们可能会看到艺术品收藏家的日子将变得更加艰难。
17. Without this the periphery will simply stagnate.
    如果做不到这一点，欧元区外围国家将只会陷入停滞。
18. Meanwhile, traditional videogame powerhouses like Electronic Arts and Nintendo have seen revenues stagnate and fall.
    与此同时，美国艺电（ElectronicArts）和日本任天堂等传统的视频游戏开发商的营收，则处于停滞和下滑窘境。
19. If you merely repeat the same experiences, you'll stagnate, and your mental capacity will atrophy.
    如果你只重复相同的经验，就会停滞不前，脑容量会萎缩。
20. With China promising continued strong growth while European economies stagnate, European investors will remain keen to move their money east.
    在欧洲经济停滞不前之时，中国经济却有希望继续强劲增长，因此，欧洲投资者仍将对投资东方充满热情。
21. Lack of reform risks condemning Mexico to stagnate with America.
    缺乏改革让墨西哥注定要承受与美国一起萧条的风险。
22. One was that capitalism did not after all suffer from a long-term tendency to stagnate because of under-consumption.
    一个是，资本主义最终不会因为消费不足而出现停滞不前的长期趋势。
23. If Germany does not, it will force its less competitive eurozone partners to stagnate and deflate.
    如果德国不采取这种做法，将迫使其竞争力较弱的欧元区伙伴国陷入停滞和通缩。
24. Cold air which reaches the basin from northeast tends to stagnate there during the late autumn and winter.
    在晚秋和冬季，从东北方向进入盆地的冷空气趋向于在那里滞留。
25. Even if catastrophe is avoided, the economy of the eurozone is forecast to stagnate next year.
    纵使灾难得以避免，预计欧元区经济明年也会出现停滞。
26. A power shift is also under way in Asia as the Chinese market continues to boom while markets such as Japan stagnate.
    随着中国市场继续繁荣发展，而日本等市场陷于停滞，亚洲的权力更迭也在进行之中。
27. Accurately and reliably in when move and stagnate, high efficiency and economic investment.
    移动及停位准确可靠，效率高，投资省。
28. After six hour the talk is stagnate.
    六个小时后，会谈就停滞了。
29. I reiterate that we sincerely hope Sino-U.S.Relations will not stagnate, but will continue to develop.
    我重复说，我们真诚地希望中美关系不但不要停滞，而且要发展。

verb

1. be idle
   1. The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
   2. He slugged in bed all morning

   Synonym:    idlelazeslug

2. cease to flow
   1. Stagnating waters
   2. blood stagnates in the capillaries

3. cause to stagnate
   1. There are marshes that stagnate the waters

4. stand still
   1. Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy