They may sit dormant for hundreds of years waiting for a fire.

他们可能沉睡了几百年，就在等待着一场火灾。

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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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Pedersen said that the two shipping companies have a dormant agreement on cooperation in some circumstances, but declined to elaborate.

他指出，两家公司在某些条件下就合作问题达成了一份暂未执行的协议，但他拒绝就此说明。

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It somehow reaches into the very soul of England and calls up that lion spirit which lies dormant within every English heart.

它以一种未明的方式融进了英国的灵魂深处，唤醒了每个英国人心中的沉睡的雄狮。

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It calls itself Russian Patriots, and, according to its website, was set up five years ago, though it has been mostly dormant since then.

它自称俄罗斯爱国者，5年前他们建立了自己的网站，尽管自那时以来大多时间处于休眠状态。

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To deal with dormant viruses several researchers are taking what sounds like a counterintuitive approach.

为了对付休眠病毒，几位研究者采取了听起来像是违反直觉的方法。

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We all have cancer cells in our bodies that are dormant and not really causing any problem.

我们体内都有处于休眠状态的癌细胞，它们并不会引起任何问题。

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Many of the Greek islands have dormant sites, as does Italy while the Spanish island of Lanzarote was formed by an eruption.

希腊和意大利的许多岛屿都有休眠火山，西班牙的兰札洛堤岛也是经由火山喷发形成的。

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Many other viruses may have evolved to lay dormant in ice when their host populations develop resistance, says Shoham.

肖海姆说，一些病毒在其宿主产生了抵抗力时，也许已经进化出许多另类病毒蛰伏于冰中。

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Many other volcanoes are dormant , showing no current signs of exploding but likely to become active at some point in the future.

许多其他火山是死火山，当前未见爆发的迹象，但也可能在未来某一刻再活跃起来。

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