stagnation
Chinese meaning
停滞；经济不景气
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Example
The likely successor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer will inherit the same challenges of economic stagnation and ascendant populism.
接替首相基尔·斯塔默的人将承接同样的挑战——经济停滞与民粹主义的抬头。
Source: The New York Times
Background ✎
Roots · etymology
源自拉丁 stāgnum「死水、沼泽」,喻停止流动
- stagnate(停滞动词)+-ation(状态名词后缀);stagnate←拉丁 stāgnum(死水)
Collocations
- economic stagnation / wage stagnation / stagnation and inflation
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