moribund
常考释义
1.行将灭亡的;即将倒闭的;濒于崩溃的no longer effective and about to come to an end completely
2.垂死的;濒临死亡的in a very bad condition; dying
a moribund patient/tree濒临死亡的病人╱树
But just a year before the first phase was to have been completed, the site is moribund.
但就在一年前,第一阶段已经快完成时,该网站是奄奄一息。
A year later, the two took control of Commercial Credit, the moribund financial arm of a computer company, and put the same formula to work.
一年后,两人控股了一家电脑公司旗下濒临破产的财务子公司CommercialCredit,并采用同样的模式运作。
You do not have to be a member of the moribund Socialist Labour Party of America to see the political appeal of that.
想要见识到这一观点的政治吸引力,你根本没有必要成为垂死的美国社会主义劳工党的一员。
If the current moribund economy turns into a lost decade, as some economists fear it might, it will be crucial to be prepared for it.
如果当前一蹶不振的经济果真如一些经济学家所担忧的那样,坠入“失去的10年”,大学生们务必要做好充分的准备。
Analysts expect him to try to accelerate reform of the moribund economy and attract foreign investment after his recent visit to China .
分析人士预期,在近期访问中国后,金正日可能加快改革死气沉沉的朝鲜经济,吸引外资。
Cinema, claimed by many to be moribund at the end of the Nineties, is still hungry, furious and vital.
电影,在90年代末被许多人声称是垂死的,至今却依然充满渴望,激情并饱含生机。
Ironically, the EU broached the talks as a way of protecting itself against the trade- diverting effects of the now moribund US-Korea deal.
具有讽刺意味的是,欧盟之所以启动这些谈判,是因为它想以此来保护自己,免受如今停滞不前的美韩协定可能带来的贸易转移影响。
But hopes that the country's moribund wireless market will be opened up to greater competition have been dealt a blow.
不过希望该国垂死挣扎的无线市场向更加激烈的竞争开放将受到打击。
One form of Chinese pressure on North Korea is a renewed drive to help it reform the moribund economy.
中国对朝鲜一种压力形式是再次督促朝鲜帮助她改革停滞不前的经济。
Clumps of thyme and oregano remain moribund, but deep within their decaying masses, a few green leaves still can be found.
百里香和牛至的丛灌仍旧毫无生命力,但在众多的枯枝败叶之中,还是会发现些许的绿叶。
But finally this year, the government seems to have jump-started the moribund project.
但是终于在今年,政府似乎开始着手,快速启动这项久无进展的工程。
It matters little when a language becomes moribund and disappears. It's natural selection, applied to culture. The strongest wins.
当一种语言奄奄一息且消失不是什麽大不了的事,这是一种天择,与文化有关,强者终究是最后的赢家。
In the Soviet Union, where the aged leadership was dying off and the economy was moribund, people were starting to question the system.
在苏联,当老迈的领导政权奄奄一息,经济行将崩溃时,人们开始质疑这样的体制。
DOTCOMS may be moribund, but inside companies, the Internet is still finding cost-saving new uses.
网络公司(DOTCOMS)也许即将灭亡,但是在公司内部,因特网仍然是节省成本的新办法。
That looked moribund compared with the 9% rate confirmed in Germany a few days earlier.
对比几天前德国确定的9%增幅,美国不免显得有些惨不忍睹。
Even so, many bits of it, especially private mortgage-backed securities, remain moribund (see article).
即便如此,(这个系统)的许多部分,特别是私有按揭证券,仍然是奄奄一息。
Nerves calmed in the money markets and the most moribund corners of the credit landscape showed signs of life.
货币市场的紧张气氛也得到缓解,而那最死气沉沉的信贷角落也再次显现了生气。
The US dollar, a once proud and honest currency, is moribund , like the nation it represents.
美元一度曾是不可一世的信用笃实的货币,可眼下就象它代表的国家一样,也濒临死亡。
Here were moribund patients, who would surely have died without treatment, improving . . . within a matter of hours . . .
本来已经病入膏肓、奄奄一息的病人,一定会因缺乏疗法而死亡,但是病人的情况在几个钟头之内好转…
The government is trying to stimulate the moribund economy.
政府正试图刺激死气沉沉的经济。
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