The senses, possibly long dormant from our training in Western countries, are suddenly, or fairly quickly, brought 'online', or into play more than usual.

这些感觉，在我们西方国家的学习中可能长期处于休眠状态，然后突然间，或者是相当快的，呈现在了我们的言行之中，或者说更频繁地呈现在我们言行中。

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Still, few believed that anything could survive after lying dormant for so long.

不过，很少有人相信有什么东西在休眠那么久之后还能幸存下来。

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Project Mayhem will force humanity to go dormant or into remission long enough for the Earth to recover.

“大混乱行动”将迫使人类文明休眠好让地球有足够的时间恢复。

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If dry parchments are suddenly exposed to greater humidity, long-dormant spores will start sprouting.

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When she quit her job, she returned to painting, exercising long-dormant limbs.

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