fasting

基本解释

She betook herself to fasting.
她虔诚地斋戒。
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
至于这一类的鬼，若不祷告禁食，他就不出来。
But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.
至于这一类的鬼，若不祷告禁食，他就不出来。（或作不能赶他出来）

That's an excellent question, especially looking into factors that affect the return-generating process in the stock market-in other words, factors that affect the stock prices in a conventional sense: Market liquidity, length of the daily fasting period, especially contrasting summer months with winter months when Ramadan coincides with one versus the other, with the length of day being really longer during summer months.
One of the things we are taught is a verse of Koran, in English it's as "all you who believe, fasting has been prescribed for you as was prescribed for those before you."
在《可兰经》里有一句诗是，大意是，虔诚的人们啊，斋戒不仅是你需要做的,也是你的前人所需要做的“
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You have elevated insulin levels, you have high fasting plasma glucose, so the blood sugar that we talked about before, impaired glucose tolerance, and an elevated triglyceride levels, low HDL cholesterol, , and hypertension.
像是高胰岛素水平,空腹血糖高,之前讲过的血糖也是,葡萄糖耐量降低,高甘油三酯水平,HDL胆固醇水平低,以及高血压
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However, they recommend screening adults for high triglycerides as part of a fasting lipid panel.
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Fast means happening, moving, or doing something at great speed. You also use fast in questions or statements about speed.
Fast is also an adverb.
If a watch or clock is fast, it is showing a time that is later than the real time.
If colours or dyes are fast, they do not come out of the fabrics they are used on when they get wet.
You use fast to say that something happens without any delay.
Fast is also an adjective.
If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
If you hold fast to a principle or idea, or if you stand fast, you do not change your mind about it, even though people are trying to persuade you to.
If you fast, you eat no food for a period of time, usually for either religious or medical reasons, or as a protest.
Fast is also a noun.
fasting
Someone who is fast asleep is completely asleep.

饥饿
The results demonstrated that the juvenile Chinese catfish lowered its RMR during fasting. The longer the duration, the lower the RMR, then the longer the steady period.
上述实验结果表明:1.鲇鱼幼鱼采用降低静止代谢率的方式适应饥饿,饥饿时间越久,其静止代谢率越低,相对稳定期的历时越长。
禁食
绝食
断食