stunting

基本解釋

Poor health and stunting caused by malnutrition often prevent or delay enrolment in school.
營養(yǎng)不足導致的健康不佳和發(fā)育不良經(jīng)常妨礙或延誤入學。
Nor are you condemned to a life plagued by the energy-sapping, happiness-stunting emotions of deep-seeded anger and resentment.
你再也不會被由于深深根植于心的憤恨而受折磨于能量消耗，幸福感萎縮的生活，并且責難著自己。
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.
普通的小農(nóng)場只有半英畝多一點（0.25公頃），不夠供養(yǎng)一個家庭——因此整片大陸都在萎縮。

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

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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