死气沉沉

And instead of the deadly silence the whole place rang with the sound of happy roarings, brayings, yelpings, barkings, squealings, cooings, neighings, stampings, shouts, hurrahs, songs and laughter.

这地方原来死气沉沉，一片寂静，如今整个院子里都回荡着欢乐的喧闹声：狮吼，虎啸，驴叫，狗吠，鸽咕，马嘶，还有尖叫声、顿脚声、呐喊声、欢呼声、歌声和笑声。

And those "good men" will pretend to protect tigers but actually seek profit for themselves. They will build alarge resort and develop tour projects, incarcerating lively tigers into lifeless cages.

那些打着保护幌子的&文明人&会以保护的名义打着各自的小算盘……他们会大规模建设旅游园地，开发各种各样的旅游项目，把活生生的野生华南虎关进死气沉沉的铁笼。

And those "good men" will pretend to protect tigers but actually seek profit for themselves. They will build a large resort and develop tour projects, incarcerating lively tigers into lifeless cages.

那些打着保护幌子的&文明人&会以保护的名义打着各自的小算盘……他们会大规模建设旅游园地，开发各种各样的旅游项目，把活生生的野生华南虎关进死气沉沉的铁笼。

The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force.

不去遵守那些对你来说死气沉沉的习俗，是因为那些习俗会消耗你的精力。

One high horn shrilled and ceased. The silence that followed was shaken only by the sound of many footsteps keeping time with a drum struck softly at a slow heartpace.

一阵尖锐的喇叭停了下来，悠缈的时空下，整齐脚步声在死气沉沉的打鼓声中踏着时间的节拍。

In Peratallada, a well-preserved central square filled with cafes made the village feel more alive than some sleepier neighboring towns.

在~，一个保存完好的中心广场上四处都是咖啡店，这相对于其他死气沉沉的村庄说，这里更具活力。

In Peratallada, a well-preserved central square filled with cafes made the village feel more alive than some sleepier neighboring towns.

在佩纳塔拉达，中心广场保护得很原始，酒店鳞次栉比。和邻近死气沉沉的城镇相比，这里更有一些生机。

Interestingly, although the fan bibliographers in general exhibit a wide variety of ascription techniques (some of these being of Rube Goldbergian complexity), they have often accomplished the most interesting work, and their productions are very much more likely to be up-to-date than those which appear, sometimes years after completion, from the staider firms.

和罗杰。罗宾逊更全面的《谁是雨果？》（1987）。有趣的是，尽管科幻迷编目家表现出来的分类技术千差万别，他们所完成的工作却常是趣味盎然，而且其时效性远远强于那些死气沉沉的大公司。

It has not been staler than the past 10 years

与过去十年相比，它并没有变得更死气沉沉

It has not been staler than the past 10 years, but a lot of the merchants have taken steps to insure that we can replace the dollars from the different revenue streams we've had in the past.

与过去十年相比，它并没有变得更死气沉沉，但很多商家已经采取步骤，以保证我们用过去曾有的不同收入来源来弥补现今的不足。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。