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单词 quiescent
释义
quiescent
adjective
formal
uk
/kwiˈes.ənt/us
/kwiˈes.ənt/
temporarilyquietand notactive:
（暂时）平静的，静止的
Thepoliticalsituationwas nowrelativelyquiescent.政治形势现在相对平静。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not active or working
  • inactiveIf you haven’t voted in the last two elections, we consider you inactive and remove you from the electoral roll.
  • dormantThe plants will stay dormant throughout the winter.
  • latentMany people in the region have latent tuberculosis.
  • quiescentThe extremist group was politically quiescent but very socially active.
  • moribundThe family business is now moribund.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Calm and relaxed
  • (as) cool as a cucumberidiom
  • at (your) leisureidiom
  • be at peace with the worldidiom
  • calmly
  • calmness
  • easy-going
  • equilibrium
  • free-flowing
  • gaily
  • genteel
  • harmonious
  • non-hysterical
  • peaceably
  • peacefully
  • peacefulness
  • phlegm
  • placid
  • sedate
  • without a care in the worldidiom
  • zen
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Related word

quiescence
(Definition ofquiescentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquiescent

quiescent
Exterior to the uniform vorticity region the flow isquiescentand irrotational.
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The most bandwidth efficient technique is thequiescentoperation.
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Pieces of ovary from females captured during thequiescentand breeding periods were incubated in the medium in the presence of the drugs under study.
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The central region of the spatial profile that separates the two oscillatory regions is aquiescentplateau at times beyond the focus.
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The proliferative phase is followed by what appears clinically to be a morequiescentor 'plateau' phase where cellular proliferation and apoptosis offset each other.
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We shall see later that the transition from fully turbulent convection to aquiescentregime occurs over very narrow ranges of temperature and concentration.
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Another feature of lakes, fjords and coastal oceans is they are rarelyquiescent; rather there is generally some background shear due to a large-scale flow.
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Our analysis suggests that at the onset of quiescence thequiescentvolume expands rapidly whilst the total tumour volume remains approximately constant.
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Resurrection plants survive the loss of most of their tissue water content until aquiescentstage is achieved.
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Because the body becomes morequiescentduring sleep, actigraphy can be used to differentiate between periods of wakefulness and periods of sleep.
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The unconformity would thus represent aquiescentinterval of perhaps 90 ka.
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The mass population generally remains politicallyquiescentor may be mobilized along communal or clientelistic lines.
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Fibroblasts at low passage level (2-3) were plated and serum-deprived for 5 days to create a population ofquiescentcells.
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The acceleration of thequiescentair is much more spectacular than the deceleration of the uniform stream.
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The thermal rise was simulated by the descent of negatively buoyant fluid within a tank ofquiescentwater.
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