单词	stagnation
释义	stagnatestag‧nate /stæɡˈneɪt $ ˈstæɡneɪt/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINstagnate Origin: 1600-1700 Latin past participle of stagnare, from stagnum ‘area of water that is not flowing’ Verb Table VERB TABLE stagnate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they stagnate he, she, it stagnates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they stagnated Present perfect I, you, we, they have stagnated he, she, it has stagnated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had stagnated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will stagnate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have stagnated Continuous Form Present I am stagnating he, she, it is stagnating you, we, they are stagnating Past I, he, she, it was stagnating you, we, they were stagnating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been stagnating he, she, it has been stagnating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been stagnating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be stagnating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been stagnating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a stagnating economy Business here has stagnated compared with other wine-producing regions. Everyone needs new challenges. Otherwise you just stagnate. In the last ten years, the country's agricultural output has stagnated. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS For centuries Galactic civilization has stagnated and declined, though only a few ever realized that. Her freestyle times also began to stagnate, and those early morning workouts were becoming more a job than a joy. However, economic activity began to slow in mid-1990 and stagnated in the fourth quarter. If we do not evolve we stagnate and rot. It stifles innovation and allows policy-making to stagnate. Prices have continued to rise in the North, but to stagnate and fall in the South. This energy is called ch'i and can stagnate, become blocked or weakened, or have its flow reversed. Without this pressing at the edge of the performance envelope, both technology and productivity would stagnate. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto make no progress at all► make no progress to not progress at all with a piece of work or activity: · The lawyers are trying to reach an agreement but so far no progress has been made.make no progress on: · Because of bad weather we made no progress on the house for the next three days.make no progress in: · Police were making no progress in their efforts to trace a man seen near the scene of the murder.make no progress with: · The city council have made no progress with their plans to rebuild the town hall. ► get nowhere informal to not progress at all, even though you have worked hard: · I feel as though I'm getting nowhere in this job.· Not surprisingly, the peace talks got nowhere.get nowhere with: · Don started to learn Arabic, but he was getting nowhere with it.get nowhere fast: · The project was eating up time and money and seemed to be getting nowhere fast. ► go badly/not go well if a piece of work or activity goes badly , it does not make progress or develop in the way you would like it to: · My essay isn't going very well. It's difficult to find any useful books on the subject.· Despite all the government's efforts, the war on drugs is going badly. ► go around in circles also go round in circles British to keep discussing the same problems without making any decisions or finding any answers: · This conversation's going around in circles again.· Every time we try to reach a decision, we end up going round in circles. ► stagnate to stop developing or improving and often become worse: · Business here has stagnated compared with other wine-producing regions.· Everyone needs new challenges. Otherwise you just stagnate. to stop developing or making progress:  Growth is expected to stagnate next year. His career had stagnated.—stagnation /stæɡˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:  economic stagnation
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