a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death; usually resulting from asphyxia
Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination. Breathing, heartbeat, and other involuntary functions may still occur, but they can only be detected by artificial means.
例句与用法
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The whole project is in suspended animation which we wait for permission to proceed . 我们整个项目暂时搁置以待审批。
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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。
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The petrification effect resembles death , except that the victim is still alive , as if in suspended animation 石化产生的效果和死亡很相似，但受害者仍然是在生的，像是暂时失去了生气。
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It has always been down to the century ' s social animals ? and significant figures ? whether designs transcended history or froze in suspended animation 这些设计,最终能成为经典或遭人遗忘,通常取决于当世纪的社交名人-显赫的大人物们
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Held a gourd full of rum to his mouth ; while the third , an old sailer , at once the pilot and captain , looked on with that egotistical pity men feel for a misfortune that they have escaped yesterday , and which may overtake them to - morrow . a few drops of the rum restored suspended animation , while the friction of his limbs restored their elasticity 的人，此时他正拿着一满瓢甜酒凑到他的嘴边第三个人是一个老水手，他既是掌舵的又是船长，他正同情地注视着他，脸上带着人们常有的那种自己虽在昨天逃过了灾难，说不定灾难明天又会降临的那种表情。
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