torpor

英 [ˈtɔːpə(r)]

美 [ˈtɔːrpər]

n.  迟钝; 死气沉沉; 懒散

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BNC.22749 / COCA.27731

牛津词典

noun

• 迟钝；死气沉沉；懒散
  the state of not being active and having no energy or enthusiasm
  1. In the heat they sank into a state of torpor.
     炎热的天气使得他们委靡不振。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 麻木;迟钝;懒散
  Torporis the state of being completely inactive mentally or physically, for example because of illness or laziness.
  1. He had slumped into a state of torpor from which nothing could rouse him...
     他陷入麻木状态，任何事都不能令他振奋。
  2. The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
     病人逐渐变得萎靡。

英英释义

noun

• inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
  Synonym:listlessnesstorpiditytorpidness
• a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
  1. he fell into a deep torpor
  Synonym:torpidity

双语例句

• Land reform shattered the seemingly immortal torpor of the peasant in two revolutionary ways, the one spiritual, the other material, the one acting from within, the other from without.
  土地革命从两个方面打破了中国农民似乎是千古不变的蛰伏状态，一方面是精神的，另一方面是物质的；
• A state of comatose torpor.
  昏睡无感觉的一种状态。
• And no new Japanese leader for the past 20 years has been capable of shaking the country out of its economic torpor.
  而在过去20年间，也没有哪任日本领导人能够拯救这个国家的经济于萎靡之中。
• The torpor dates back years.
  这种决策上的迟缓可以追溯到多年前。
• In torpor, bats become one with their wintry surroundings, their body temperatures falling to just above freezing, their heart rates slowing to one or two beats a minute, their breathing virtually undetectable.
  冬眠的蝙蝠会和周遭的冬日环境融为一体，体温降低至略微高于冰点，心率只有每分钟一到两次，呼吸几乎感觉不到。
• But for many, America's south-east Asia policy has been in a torpor for almost two decades.
  但在许多人看来，近20年来美国的东南亚政策一直处在冬眠之中。
• And torpor and deadlock at the UN will cast a shadow over all other international negotiations& for example over nuclear non-proliferation.
  而联合国的僵滞又会耽误核不扩散等其他国际会谈的进程。
• This means that Mr Brown will have no more than a month to establish himself before politics slumps into its summer torpor. Spring and summer will arrive in due time. the legislature's summer recess;
  这就意味着在英国议会进行夏季休会之前，留给布朗只有不到一个月的时间组阁。
• She must rouse herself from the torpor of mind and body.
  她精神和肉体都已疲乏，现在必须振作起来了。
• A state of torpor induced by the tropical heat.
  热带的炎热气候引起的懒散。