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–adjective 

1. lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: 



The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant [audience].  



2. in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance: 



The [project] is dormant for the time being.  



3. Biology. in a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation of growth, 

either as a reaction to adverse conditions or 

as part of an organism's normal annual rhythm.  



4. undisclosed; unasserted: 



dormant musical [talent].  



5. (of a volcano) not erupting. 

6. Botany. temporarily inactive: dormant [buds]; dormant [seeds]. 

7. (of a pesticide) applied to a plant during a period of dormancy: a dormant [spray].  



8. Heraldry. (of an animal) represented as lying with its head on its forepaws, as if asleep.  



abeyance

中止;暫擱

【律】(所有權等的)歸屬待定



—Synonyms 

1, 2. quiescent. See inactive. 4. latent. 



Inactive, dormant, inert, sluggish, torpid suggest lack of activity. 



Inactive indicates absence of action, indisposition  to activity, or cessation of activity: an inactive [compound], [life], [file of papers]. 



Dormant suggests the quiescence or inactivity of that which sleeps but may be roused to action: a dormant [volcano]. 



Inert suggests the condition of dead matter, with no inherent power of motion or action; it may also mean unable to move, or heavy and hard to move: an inert [mass]; inert from [hunger]. 



Sluggish expresses slowness of natural activity or of that which does not move readily or vigorously: a sluggish [stream], [brain]. 





Torpid suggests a state of suspended physical powers, a condition particularly of animals that hibernate: 



[Snakes] are torpid in cold weather. 



quiescence

靜止;沈默

【醫】非活動性



—Antonyms 

1. awake, active.





　But too often, the movie [sinks] into an [a]morphous state of emotional torpor. 









　

On its face, [turnaround] is a contractual mechanism that allows a studio to release its interest in a dormant [film project], while recovering costs, plus interest, [from] any rival that eventually adopts the project. But [turnaround] is a [stacked deck]. 



The [turnaround] clauses in a typical contract are also insurance for studio executives who do not want to be humiliated by a competitor who makes a hit out of their castoffs. That trick turns on a term of art: "changed elements." 



A producer of a movie acquired in [turnaround] who comes up with a new director, or star, or story line, or even a reduction in budget, must give the original studio another shot at making the movie because of changed elements, even if a new backer has entered the picture. 



Thus, "Michael Clayton" was put in [turnaround] by Castle Rock Entertainment (which, like Warner, belongs to Time Warner). When George Clooney became attached to star in it, however, Castle Rock [stood on its right] to be involved as a producer of what turned out to be an Oscar-nominated film.





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