They have plans, too, to revive a mothballed space telescope called the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to aid in the hunt.

同时，他们还打算唤醒一台休眠中的太空望远镜—广域红外巡天探测者—来协助搜寻工作。

At its peak this industry generated exports worth about 0.4% of GDP, although experts doubt that mothballed mines can be ramped up fast.

在其全盛时期，这项工业出口价值约0.4%的GDP，虽然专家们怀疑封存矿山是否会增加很快。

Mr Abbott says he wants to reopen mothballed facilities for keeping refugees on the tiny, bankrupted island of Nauru.

Abbott先生说他打算重新开放封存的场所来保持难民在瑙鲁极小且濒临破产的岛屿上。

But it was a different story across the road on its two mothballed sites, which stood largely silent.

但马路对面两个搁置的工地上却是另一番景象。这里几乎一片寂静。

Most commentators believed that the supply crunch would ease once new (or mothballed ) rare-earth mines are opened.

多数时事评论家认为，一旦一座新的稀土矿被开采之后，供给困境就会有所缓解。

While the pile of mothballed foreign investments in China keeps growing, Korean investors are sweeping up .

尽管越来越多的外国投资项目在中国被搁置，但韩国投资者却在收获果实。

A military college near Montreal, which was mothballed by the Liberals, will be reopened.

蒙特利尔附近的一所被自由党政府关闭的军事院校将重新开放。

Dozens of mainland companies mothballed IPO plans last year when markets plunged.

去年股市猛跌时，数十家内地企业搁置了IPO计划。

too low a price will cause mines to be mothballed or arable land to be switched to other crops.

市场价格走低，可能引发矿厂检修、耕地改种其他作物。

Existing fossil fuel stations are “mothballed ” for use only as a last resort.

现有的矿物燃料发电站被“封存”，仅在万不得已时使用。

There have been reports of protests as factories are mothballed in response to sliding export demand.

现在就已经有报道，抗议一些工厂为了减轻出口萎缩的影响而封存厂区。

Chipmakers have mothballed excess capacity.

芯片制造商封存了过剩的产能。

Since recessions mean mothballed car plants, older cars and quieter roads, we may have the opportunity to relive this age for real.

由于经济衰退意味着汽车工厂的歇业，更陈旧的车辆和更加安静的道路，我们或许有机会真正地重新体验这个时代。

After the week of the Hajj, the rolling stock was mothballed , and will remain under wraps for another 12 months.

在一年一度朝觐周结束后，一切恢复平静，再也没人去谈到它，直到12个月以后。

Steel plants have since been sold, mothballed or slated for closure, in part because Europe’s economy is so weak.

自钢铁厂自被卖掉以来，封存搁置或者停止接受预定，部分是因为欧洲的经济太过脆弱。

mothballed ship

n.废置保养船,搁置保养船

mothballed warship

后备战船