Stagnant
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj.停滞的
- ［英］ adj. 停滞的 ( not advancing or developing)
- ［类］ 反义词: flowing ( 流动的)
- ［记］ stagn ( ＝stand站住) ＋ant -> 不动的
- ［例］ a stagnant pool of water
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Date: 1666
- 1.
- a. not flowing in a current or stream <stagnant water>
- b. stale <long disuse had made the air stagnant and foul — Bram Stoker>
- 2. not advancing or developing <a stagnant economy>
- ? stagnancy noun
- ? stagnantly adverb
