在这样的生命史策略中，有机体暂停任何生长、繁殖或其他活动一段时间，以便它们可能在更晚、更适宜生存的时间发生。

In such a life history strategy, the organism suspends any growth, reproduction, or other activities for a period of time so that they may occur at a later, more hospitable time.

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对宇宙中智慧生命的搜索行动今年初遭遇挫折，SETI项目(译者注：全称是“外星智慧搜索”)因经费不足暂停艾伦望远镜矩阵运行。

The search for intelligent life in the universe took a hit earlier this year when SETI had to put the Allen Telescope Array on hiatus due to lack of funding.

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事实：打鼾可能是无害的，但它也可以是威胁生命的睡眠障碍的一个症状，这一睡眠障碍叫做“睡眠呼吸暂停”，特别是当它伴有严重的白天的嗜睡症状的时候。

Fact: Snoring may be harmless, but it can also be a symptom of a life-threatening sleep disorder called sleep apnea, especially if it is accompanied by severe daytime sleepiness.

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But I want to pause for a moment and note that this assumption that the way to think about the value of the combination as just a matter of adding the goodness of life and the badness of death and just summing them that way-- that may not be right.

但我想暂停一会并指出,这个用加上生命的好处,和死亡那个的坏处然后求和的方式,去考虑这个组合的价值的假设-,可能并不是正确的。

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