During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.

冬天种子在土壤中休眠。

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The seeds then lie dormant until the next wet year, when the desert blooms again.

然后种子就会休眠，直到下一个潮湿的年份来临、沙漠再次开花的时候。

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They could travel through the air, float in water, and lie dormant for many months.

它们可以在空中飞行，漂浮在水里，还可以休眠好几个月。

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They noted that the African Union has in the past approved an important convention, only to see it lie dormant for lack of ratification.

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Most people don't know they have it because the disease can lie dormant for decades.

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Indeed, explicit in their worship of demand above everything else is that money saved will lie dormant.

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Tuberculosis can lie dormant in a person for years and then strike when the immune system is weak.

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