lie dormant
处于休眠状态
常用释义
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基本释义
- 处于休眠状态，不活跃或不活动
例句
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1·During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.冬天种子在土壤中休眠。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·The seeds then lie dormant until the next wet year, when the desert blooms again.然后种子就会休眠，直到下一个潮湿的年份来临、沙漠再次开花的时候。
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3·They could travel through the air, float in water, and lie dormant for many months.它们可以在空中飞行，漂浮在水里，还可以休眠好几个月。
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4·Bacteria that lie dormant can escape antibiotics.潜伏的细菌能够避开抗生素。
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5·It's strange indeed how memories can lie dormant in a man's mind for so many years.记忆如何能在人的头脑中潜伏这么多年，实在是非常奇怪。
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6·Space probes parked in orbit round the sun might lie dormant yet intact for an immense period of time.停在太阳周围轨道的太空探测器也许依然完好。
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7·They believe that infectious prions might wake viruses that lie dormant in the DNA of an uninfected cell.他们相信感染朊病毒可能唤醒健康细胞内其他病毒沉睡的DNA。
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8·The immune system "walls off" the TB bacilli which, protected by a thick waxy coat, can lie dormant for years.免疫系统会把结核杆菌“屏蔽”起来，结核杆菌在厚厚的腊质胞壁的保护下可潜伏多年。
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9·Specifically, problems such as race conditions and deadlocks that lie dormant could suddenly become major problems.尤其是潜在的竞态条件和死锁会突然间成为最令人头疼的问题。
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10·Bacteria that lie dormant can escape antibiotics. But add sugar to the treatment and the microbes rev up, only to be taken down.细菌潜伏起来之后能够躲过抗生素，而在治疗中加入糖分，就能够把细菌引诱出来，从而把它们一网打尽。