Studies on the Marine mammals found that healthy dolphins switch into a diabetic-like state overnight when they are not feeding, but revert to a normal physiology when they eat the following morning.

针对宽吻海豚这种海洋哺乳动物的研究发现，健康的宽吻海豚如果没有进食，在夜间会将身体调节成类似糖尿病的状态，但在第二天早上进食后，海豚的身体又会转变回正常状态。

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This technique is modal: It puts the application into a special state that must be dealt with before it can return to its normal state, and before the person can continue with her task.

它让程序处于一种模式，在返回常态之前，也就是在用户能够继续任务之前必须处理。

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This means that so many electrons were pumped up into an excited state by the laser that more were in that excited state than in their normal, unexcited state.

ECONOMIST: Optoelectronics