In the heat they sank into a state of torpor.
炎热的天气使得他们委靡不振。
1.麻痹;迟钝;冬眠
1.the state of not having much energy or enthusiasm
1.Throughout the winter, nothing aroused the bear from his torpor; he would not emerge from hibernation until spring.
整个冬天，什么都唤醒不了蛰伏的熊。它要到春天才从冬眠中醒来。
2.i could make nothing of these fits of distress which continues until morning . then marguerite lapsed into a sort of torpor.
这种持续的痛苦一直延续到第二天早上，我一点也不清楚是什么原因。
3.She was the only one of the family who could rouse the old man from the torpor in which he seemed to live.
他似乎生活在一种麻木不仁的状态中，而安东妮亚是他家中唯一能把这个老头从麻木中唤醒的一个。
4.If corruption, politicization or bureaucratic torpor began to infect it, the disease would be irreversible.
任何腐败、政客习气和官僚作风的侵入，都会带来治理上的困难。
5.Ideally that would be exports and investment. But given the torpor in the rest of the world, that will not be easy.
最理想的方法是增加出口和投资，但是对于萧条的世界经济形势来说，并不容易。
6.President-elect Barack Obama argues that this level of stimulus would leave us with shattered dreams and long-lasting torpor.
总统当选人巴拉克·奥巴马认为，这点刺激强度只会留给我们破碎的梦想和持久的麻木。
7.cried andrea , who seemed roused from the torpor in which he had been plunged.
安德烈喊道，他似乎已从先前的麻痹状态中醒了过来了。
8.This means that Mr Brown will have no more than a month to establish himself before politics slumps into its summer torpor.
这就意味着在英国议会进行夏季休会之前，留给布朗只有不到一个月的时间组阁。
9.Many experts believe that the processes of daily torpor and hibernation form a continuum .
许多专家相信每天的迟钝和冬眠形成一个连续统一体。
10.His holidays are few and his tasks heavy, though they may be interspersed with periods of comparative torpor.
他放假少，任务重，只有在忙得木头木脑的时候才能稍歇片刻。