stagnate
US: /ˈstæɡˌneɪt/
UK: /stæɡnˈeɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
stagnate /'stægneit/- nội động từ
- đọng, ứ (nước); tù hãm, phẳng lặng như nước ao tù (đời sống...)
- đình trệ, đình đốn (việc buôn bán...)
- mụ mẫm (trí óc)
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [V]1 to stop developing or making progress: Profits have stagnated. + I feel I'm stagnating in this job. + Businesses must adapt to change or stagnate.
2 to be or become stagnant: The water in the pond was stagnating.
stagnation noun [U]: a period of economic stagnation
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
languish, idle, vegetate, deteriorate, degenerate, decline, go to seed or pot, decay, rust, moulder, decompose, spoil, rot:
He felt he had stagnated in a backwater of civilization for far too long.
