While a servlet holds a persistent request in a waiting state, that servlet is monopolizing a thread.

当等待状态的servlet持有一个持久性请求时，该servlet会独占一个线程。

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In the infinite loop case above, all threads except main are in a waiting state (on a semaphore, or waiting for some event).

在上述死循环的情况下，所有除主线程之外的线程都处于某种等待状态(等待一个信号量，或等待某个事件)。

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She said people are in a state of shock, waiting for something to happen and still fearing aftershocks.

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But he still has memories of those days. He recalls standing on his grandfather's shoulders in his native state of Hawaii, waiting for the Apollo 11 space capsule to be plucked from the Pacific Ocean and brought to shore.

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Or are we able to get things going earlier, not wait for that declaration without waiting for the state to be overwhelmed to get ready?

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This is something that companies can initiate today, without waiting for federal, state or industry regulation.

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But the two rejectionist votes are forcing Europe to confront the dilemma of what it wants to be: a tightly integrated super-state in waiting or a looser grouping of nation-states.

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