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A state in which nothing is moving forward — things are neither getting better nor getting worse, they are simply held still.
A state一種狀態 in which nothing is moving forward裡面什麼都沒有在前進 things are neither getting better nor getting worse事情既沒有變好也沒有變壞 they are simply held still就只是靜止不動
It is a formal, written word, at home in political writing ('the peace talks have reached a stasis'), in literary criticism, and in business analysis. The feeling attached to it is nearly always negative: not stillness but stuck-ness, the frustration of a situation that should be developing and is not.
It is a formal, written word它是一個正式的書面用字 at home in political writing常見於政治類文章 ('the peace talks have reached a stasis'（像是「the peace talks have reached a stasis和談陷入僵局」） in literary criticism也用在文學評論裡 and in business analysis和商業分析裡 The feeling attached to it附加在這個字上的感覺 is nearly always negative幾乎都是負面的 not restful stillness不是那種讓人放鬆的靜止 but stuck-ness而是卡住的感覺 the frustration也就是那種挫折感 of a situation that should be developing and is not本來應該要有進展卻沒有進展的情況
Note it is uncountable and usually appears in a few set frames: 'in a state of stasis', 'a period of stasis', 'to remain in stasis'.
Note注意 it is uncountable它是不可數名詞 and usually appears in a few set frames通常出現在幾個固定的說法裡 'in a state of stasis'「in a state of stasis（處於停滯狀態）」 'a period of stasis'「a period of stasis（一段停滯期）」 'to remain in stasis'「to remain in stasis（維持停滯）」
It has two other lives worth knowing. In medicine it means a stopping of natural flow in the body, as in ' stasis', blood not moving properly through the veins. And in science fiction 'stasis' is the frozen sleep are put into for long voyages — 'in stasis for two hundred years' — which is where most young readers meet it first.
It has它還有 two other lives worth knowing兩個值得知道的其他用法 In medicine在醫學上 it means它指的是 a stopping of natural flow in the body體內正常流動的停滯 as in 'venous stasis'像「venous stasis靜脈鬱滯」 blood not moving properly through the veins就是血液沒有順利在靜脈裡流動 And in science fiction而在科幻作品裡 'stasis'「stasis」 is the frozen sleep是那種冷凍睡眠 travellers are put into for long voyages旅人為了長途旅行被放進去的狀態 'in stasis for two hundred years'像「in stasis for two hundred years（在停滯狀態中兩百年）」 which is where most young readers meet it first這也是大部分年輕讀者最早接觸到這個字的地方
The plural, rarely needed, is 'stases'.
The plural很少會用到的複數形 rarely needed, is 'stases'.是「stases」
組成From Greek stasis 'a standing, a standing still', from the root meaning 'to stand'. The same Greek word could also mean a political standoff between factions — so the modern 'deadlock' sense is not new at all.
同家族的字
- staticsame Greek root: not moving
- stationarysame 'stand' root, through Latin: standing still
- homeostasisGreek homeo- 'same' + stasis: the body holding conditions steady
- steadthe English doublet of stasis, from the same ancient root: a place where you stand
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
stasisnoun/ˈsteɪsɪs/
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medicinepathologysciencesA slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.
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Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.
- His company was sized for growth, not stasis.
- Boredom is an instrument of social control. Power is the power to impose boredom, to command stasis, to combine this stasis with anguish.
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literaturemediapublishingA technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.
- I was in stasis for forty years before I woke up orbiting this poxy planet!
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One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。