基本釋義
stagnant: if something such as a business or society is stagnant, there is little activity or change.
adj. 停滯不前的,不活躍的
The problem is compounded because people are less able to pay. Incomes are stagnant, some parents are unemployed, and many can no longer get low-interest home-equity loans because home values have fallen.
由于人們支付能力下降,問(wèn)題變得更加復(fù)雜。收入停滯不前,一些父母失業(yè),許多人無(wú)法再獲得低利率的房屋抵押貸款,因?yàn)榉课輧r(jià)值已經(jīng)下跌。
《NPR新聞》
單詞stagnant中的詞根stag,表示“不變、停滯”的意思,也可以通過(guò)單詞stuck(adj. 卡住的,停滯不前的)來(lái)幫助記憶。
鐘乳石(stalactite)單詞的sta部分也跟stag是同源的,鐘乳石的形成就是載有礦物質(zhì)的水滴經(jīng)過(guò)幾十萬(wàn)年慢慢形成的,是個(gè)非常緩慢的過(guò)程。
所以,在英語(yǔ)里,含有stag的單詞大多都跟“不變、停滯”有關(guān),例如:stalactite /?st?l?kta?t/
stagnation /st?ɡ?ne??n/
The improvement of all weathered roads in rural areas and bridges is prohibitive for a country with a small and stagnant economy.對(duì)于一個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)規(guī)模小、發(fā)展停滯不前的國(guó)家來(lái)說(shuō),改善農(nóng)村地區(qū)所有風(fēng)化的道路和橋梁是不可能的。
——雅思閱讀《Rural Transport Plan of 'Practical Action'》