At issue is the TMT's planned location on Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano worshiped by some Hawaiians as the piko that connects the Hawaiian Islands to the heavens.

争议的焦点是30米望远镜所在冒纳凯阿火山计划的选址，该休眠火山被一些夏威夷人供奉为脐带，将夏威夷岛屿和天堂连接在一起。

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Normally, seeds of Emmenathe penduliflora stay dormant for years and germinate only when a fire burns through their habitat.

通常，Emmenathe penduliflora 的种子保持休眠状态数年，并且仅在大火燃烧通过其栖息地时发芽。

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Anything from cosmic rays to radiation to diet may activate a dormant oncogene.

从宇宙射线到辐射到日常饮食，任何东西都可能激活潜伏的致癌基因。

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The transfer station has been a flash point in Manhattan politics since Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed reopening a dormant site over a decade ago as part of an overhaul of the city's trash-removal system, which had relied largely on trucks and facilities concentrated in low-income neighborhoods in boroughs outside Manhattan.

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Stibich showed that a high-energy form of UV called UV-C could kill C. diff, in either its active state or as a dormant spore protected by a tough seedlike shell.

FORBES: How A New Machine Uses U.V. Rays To Blast Killer Bacteria

Tuberculosis can lie dormant in a person for years and then strike when the immune system is weak.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Breathalyser detects tuberculosis