stagnant

Word family nounstagnancystagnationadverbstagnantlyverbstagnateadjectivestagnant

stag·nant /ˈstæɡnənt/ adjectiveadj

1 NOT MOVINGstagnant water or air does not move or flow and often smells bad 〔水或空气〕不流动的，污浊的，发臭的

a stagnant pond

死水塘

2 PROGRESS#not changing or making progress, and continuing to be in a bad condition 不发展的，停滞不前的

a government plan to revive the stagnant economy

政府振兴低迷经济的计划

Examples from the Corpus

stagnant• Ticket sales have been stagnant.• A hundred shirtless men worked, sweating, in practiced synchronization in the hot, stagnant air of the clearing.• By contrast, people who become stagnant at midlife dry out and shrink like prunes.• Everyone knows it's a stagnant market.• We'd pick coffee from October to January, but January is called the stagnant month.• He detected the faint smell of blood just before the familiar but oddly stagnant odor of Jinju came rushing toward him.• The moss grows in stagnant pools of water.• The country's musical artificiality and stagnant stupidity drably undermines the development of its youth.• Gao Ma knew that the lane beyond the southern wall dead-ended at a noodle mill alongside a ditch of putrid stagnant water.• The road peters out in a mass of marshy grass and stagnant water.

From Longman Business Dictionary

stagnantstag·nant /ˈstægnənt/ adjectiveadj

not changing, developing, or making progress

Industrial output has remained stagnant.

Corporate profits are slumping (=falling suddenly) because of a stagnant domestic economy.

词汇	stagnant
释义	stagnant Word family nounstagnancystagnationadverbstagnantlyverbstagnateadjectivestagnant stag·nant /ˈstæɡnənt/ adjectiveadj 1 NOT MOVINGstagnant water or air does not move or flow and often smells bad 〔水或空气〕不流动的，污浊的，发臭的 a stagnant pond 死水塘 2 PROGRESS#not changing or making progress, and continuing to be in a bad condition 不发展的，停滞不前的 a government plan to revive the stagnant economy 政府振兴低迷经济的计划 Examples from the Corpus stagnant• Ticket sales have been stagnant.• A hundred shirtless men worked, sweating, in practiced synchronization in the hot, stagnant air of the clearing.• By contrast, people who become stagnant at midlife dry out and shrink like prunes.• Everyone knows it's a stagnant market.• We'd pick coffee from October to January, but January is called the stagnant month.• He detected the faint smell of blood just before the familiar but oddly stagnant odor of Jinju came rushing toward him.• The moss grows in stagnant pools of water.• The country's musical artificiality and stagnant stupidity drably undermines the development of its youth.• Gao Ma knew that the lane beyond the southern wall dead-ended at a noodle mill alongside a ditch of putrid stagnant water.• The road peters out in a mass of marshy grass and stagnant water. From Longman Business Dictionary stagnantstag·nant /ˈstægnənt/ adjectiveadj not changing, developing, or making progress Industrial output has remained stagnant. Corporate profits are slumping (=falling suddenly) because of a stagnant domestic economy.
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