stunting

基本解释

Poor health and stunting caused by malnutrition often prevent or delay enrolment in school.
营养不足导致的健康不佳和发育不良经常妨碍或延误入学。
Nor are you condemned to a life plagued by the energy-sapping, happiness-stunting emotions of deep-seeded anger and resentment.
你再也不会被由于深深根植于心的愤恨而受折磨于能量消耗，幸福感萎缩的生活，并且责难着自己。
The average smallholding of just over half an acre (0.25 hectares) is too small to feed a family—hence the continent’s widespread stunting.
普通的小农场只有半英亩多一点（0.25公顷），不够供养一个家庭——因此整片大陆都在萎缩。

It says malnutrition rates are high. It says 46 percent of children under five are underweight and 53 percent are suffering from stunting.

Urban's gross margin has decreased 2.7 percentage points the past year, stunting earnings growth.
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This year the price of oil has increased by about 70% since January without stunting economic growth in America.
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The euro crisis has shown the urgent need for reforms, but by stunting growth it has also made them harder.
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A stunt is something interesting that is done in order to attract attention and get publicity for the person or company responsible for it.
A stunt is a dangerous and exciting piece of action in a movie.
If something stunts the growth or development of a person or thing, it prevents it from growing or developing as much as it should.
stunted
to perform a stunt or stunts