n.停滯；沉滯；不景氣

Municipal water has an advantage in that it is constantly moving, keeping fresh and avoiding stagnancy. 而市政供水具有優(yōu)勢是因?yàn)樗遣粩嗔鲃拥模@樣就可以保持新鮮和避免停滯。

Being bogged down in stagnancy or recessions, societies are hoping for more productive and more responsive workforces to haul them out of the quagmire. 深陷停滯或者衰退中，社會需要更有生產(chǎn)率和更適應(yīng)社會需求的勞動力將它拉出泥潭。