becalmed

音標發(fā)音

The prevailing currents cause flotsam from around the world to accumulate in a vast becalmed patch of ocean.
盛行流把漂流在世界各地的垃圾帶到這片廣大的平靜海面上。
The hills were framed with trees, and beyond them stretched a band of sea on which the sky, like a sail becalmed, rested in all its tenderness.
樹木為山搭起了框架，在他們上面，延伸著一段大海，而其上的天空，像一面平靜的帆，靜靜地休憩著。
But on a warm, bright afternoon in June 2004, Horde was clearly no longer the pounding heart of the Ruhr. The place looked laid-back, becalmed.
2004年6月，一個溫暖明媚的下午，赫爾德區(qū)看上去安寧、平靜，顯然已不再是魯爾地區(qū)跳動的心臟了。

To be sure, the sluggishness is due in part to a becalmed stock market.
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Most of the technology sector is flattish with corporate spending on information technology becalmed.
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Government legislation to improve corporate governance in the wake of the scandal is currently becalmed in parliament.
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If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind.
If something such as the economy, a company, or a series of talks is becalmed, it is not progressing at all, although it should be.