suspended animation

英 [səˌspendɪd ænɪˈmeɪʃn]

美 [səˌspendɪd ænɪˈmeɪʃn]

n.  人事不省; 假死; 蛰伏状态

医学

牛津词典

noun

• 人事不省；假死
  the state of being alive but not conscious or active
• 蛰伏状态
  a feeling that you cannot do anything because you are waiting for sth to happen

柯林斯词典

• 蛰伏状态;冬眠
  Suspended animationis a state in which an animal is unconscious, with its body functioning very slowly, for example so that the animal can survive the winter.
• N-UNCOUNT 呆滞;一动不动;无生机
  If you describe someone as being in a state ofsuspended animation, you mean that they have become inactive and are doing nothing.
  1. She lay in a state of suspended animation, waiting for dawnlight, when she would rise...
     她就那样呆呆地躺着，等待着黎明到来后起床。
  2. The Hague conference is in suspended animation.
     海牙会议处于停滞状态。

英英释义

noun

• a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death

双语例句

• The Hague conference is in suspended animation.
  海牙会议处于停滞状态。
• Who was in suspended animation during the disaster.
  危机发生期间，他正处于生命暂停状态。
• Each case of suspended animation requires certain fundamental knowledge by the physician as to different methods of resuscitation.
  对每一种晕厥的病例医生都需要具备某些复苏方的基本知识。
• The lungfish can live out of water in a state of suspended animation for three years.
  肺鱼离水后以暂不活动的状态可存活3年。
• It's not clear what's the right or best thing to say about suspended animation.
  正确的关于假死状态的说法，并不明确。
• Evidently, his bizarre state of suspended animation is only temporary& when Iron Man regains his freedom to move, he "kills the people he once saved" in a dreadful manner.
  显然，他的无法行动的状态是暂时性的，当他获得自由的时候，他杀死了那些他曾经拯救过的人类。
• The Doha round has been in suspended animation for too long.
  多哈回合陷入僵局太久了。
• The structures in the brain which would underwrite the ability to engage in P-functioning, they're not destroyed by suspended animation.
  存在于大脑中的，能够支持人格功能的结构，并没有被假死状态所破坏。
• Delayed implantation occurs when the conceptus enters a state of suspended animation at the blastocyst stage of development.
  延迟着床是指胚胎在发育到胚泡阶段时暂时进入休眠状态，并不立即着床。
• Here at the Global Vault, hundreds of gray boxes containing seeds from places ranging from Syria to Mexico were moved this week into a freezing vault to be placed in suspended animation.
  本周，数以百计的装有种子的灰色盒子从叙利亚、墨西哥等地运至全球种子地库，藏于这个冷冻库之中。