1. And under the influence of that wintry piece of fact, she would become torpid again. 于是在凛冽如寒风一般的事实的影响之下，她又回到蛰伏的状态之中。
2. It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age(Samuel Johnson. 一个人老的时候如果因为很少使用头脑而使它变得麻木，那是他自己的过错（萨缪尔约翰逊）。
3. To the outrage of trade unions, he has shaken up Italy's legendarily torpid civil service, in which he claims to have reduced absenteeism by 40%. 意大利工会视其为眼中钉，肉中刺，因为他对意大利“久负盛名”的无效率公务员部门进行了大刀阔斧的改革，他本人声称此举减少了40%的缺勤率。
英英解释
adj.
1. slow and apathetic
2. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
