• vi. 停滯；淤塞；變蕭條
• vt. 使淤塞；使沉滯；使蕭條

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.

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.

哪里不發動群眾, 哪里的工作就死氣沉沉.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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