This long dormant light and heat are set free by the process of combustion.

这些储存着的光和热会在氧化的过程中释放出来。

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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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"Because there are only a couple of previous records of eruption at this particular volcano, it is difficult to judge either how long the activity will go on there, or how long the volcano might then be dormant before it goes active again."

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He revoked a previous government's amnesty for officials from the dictatorship, and began prosecuting long dormant human- rights cases.

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The massive eruption by the long dormant volcano two years earlier caused about half the population to leave the island.

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Cat's home market accounts for better than 40% of its sales, versus only a fifth in long dormant Japan for Komatsu.

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