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

• FOR the eight years since NATO aircraft bombed Slobodan Milosevic's Serbia into submission, the Serbian province of Kosovo has been in a state of suspended animation.
  自北约飞机轰炸斯洛博丹·米洛舍维奇（SlobodanMilosevic）治下的塞尔维亚（Serbia）迫其屈服后，8年来，塞尔维亚的科索沃（Kosovo）省就一直处于滞生（suspendedanimation）状态。
• ( biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.
  （生物学）处在生物学的休息或者假死的状态。
• Source enthusiasts Note: If you set a wide range of port scan, the program may be suspended animation.
  源码爱好者注：如果设定的端口扫描范围较宽的话，程序可能出现假死。
• The Hague conference is in suspended animation.
  海牙会议处于停滞状态。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Doha round has been in suspended animation for too long.
  多哈回合陷入僵局太久了。
• 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。
• Some animals, such as hedgehogs, exist in a state of suspended animation during the winter.
  有些动物，例如刺猬，冬季时会处于活动暂停状态。
• 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。