be asleep

基本解释

I pretended to still be asleep.
我假装仍是睡着了。
She could arrive with her pajamas on and the kids would already be asleep.
她可以穿着自己的睡衣来，而那时孩子们多半已经入睡。
Skunks are nocturnal animals — it appears to be asleep, and thankfully, its tail is down.
臭鼬是夜行性动物--它看起来像是睡着了，谢天谢地，它的尾巴是垂下来的。

You are not dreaming right now, unless you're asleep but if you're-- and you can't usually be immoral in a dream.
你们现在不是作梦，除了那些睡着的同学-,我们很少会在梦里做出不道德的事。
耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选
When you do Sitting Meditations and Buddhism, this medical school teach, you have your eyes open a reminder, that first of all, you don't fall asleep but also to remind you that you are supposed to be engaging the world as you do it, rather than having your eyes closed and isolating yourself.
当你学习佛教，进行坐禅时，据医学院的方法，你要睁开双眼,提醒自己，首先不要睡着,也是为了提醒自己,冥想时也要参与到这个世界中来，而不是闭上双眼,与外界隔绝。
普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So no matter where he is in the world, you've got to be asleep, okay?
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
She was pretending to be asleep, breathing like a baby in an ad.
NEWYORKER: The Dog