a moribund patient/tree
濒临死亡的病人╱树
1.濒死的,垂死的,奄奄一息的;死气沉沉的
1.将死的人
1.no longer effective and not likely to continue for much longer
1.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。
2.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。
3.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。
4.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。
5.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。
6.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。
7.Ironically, the EU broached the talks as a way of protecting itself against the trade- perting 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。
8.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。
9.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。
10.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。