suspended animation
state of being alive but not conscious 假死; 不省人事
*(fig 比喻) The whole project is in suspended animation while we wait for permission to proceed. 我们整个项目暂时搁置以待审批.
1. Within months the program was suspended. 但几个月后,该计划即告暂停。
2. They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. 高塔支撑着钢缆,而钢缆又悬吊着大桥,
3. A lamp was suspended from the ceiling above us. 我们头顶上的天花板上吊著一盏灯.
4. After switching on powerful arc lights, they saw great stalagmites---- some of them over forty feet high ---- rising up like tree-trunks to meet the stalactites suspended from the roof. 他们打开强力弧光灯,看见一株株巨大的石笋,有的高达40英尺,像树干似地向上长着,与洞顶悬挂下来的钟乳石相接。
5. She wore a green pendant suspended from midnight to 4 a.m. to permit repairs. 她戴了一个绿色饰物,是悬挂在银链上的。
6. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar to everybody. 人们所熟悉的是悬挂在天花板上、造型奇特、随风飘荡的雕塑品。
7. It said: ´This service has been suspended.´ 上面写着:"此趟列车暂停运行。"
8. I found myself suspended in the middle of the air — held up by a 130-kilometer-an-hour blast of wind coming from an industrial-strength fan in the bottom of the tower. 我发现自己悬在了空中--高塔底部一架工业用强力风扇吹出时速达130公里的风柱将我拖起。
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