He said every nerve had been overstrained in some way , and the whole system must sleep torpid a while 他说每根神经都有些紧张过度，所以整个机体得有一段沉睡麻木的时期，而并不是什么病。
“ 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） 。
Wholly untaught , with faculties quite torpid , they seemed to me hopelessly dull ; and , at first sight , all dull alike : but i soon found i was mistaken 她们完全没有受过教育，官能都很迟钝，使我觉得这些人笨得无可救药。粗粗一看，个个都是呆头呆脑的，但不久我便发现自己错了。
Fortunately , you don ' t have to worry about a race between exceedingly slow biochemistry and unbelievably torpid debt relief , because we ' re lucky enough to have enzymes , and the debt is actually getting bigger 不过其实不用烦恼超慢生化反应与超久债务之间的比较，因为我们有幸拥有酵素，而债务则会越长越大。
The following is one such example . in my childhood days , i often visited monastic practitioners with my mother . most of the nuns gave me the impression of being pessimistic and torpid , and this image remained in my mind even after my initiation by master 举例来说，从小母亲就经常带我去拜访一些出家人，大部分的出家人给我的印象是消极没有活力，即使跟师父印心之后，这种印象依然留存在脑海中。
