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vegetative adj.植物生长的；[医]植物人状态的 (1) 增殖性繁殖新株长成新鳞茎。(2) 他们不是问题，他们确实不是植物的问题。(3) 即使对专家来说，植物人状态也是一种非常令人困扰的境况。 Watching television can be a vegetative activity, because certain shows require little thinking on the part of the viewer. Someone describing a vegetative state is either talking about a lazy friend, or — more seriously — a patient whose brain is damaged, leaving him unable to move, speak, or think. The original meanings of the word had more to do with growth than inactivity, but by the late 1800's doctors began using vegetative to describe patients who resembled vegetables rather than moving, thinking humans.

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英 ['vedʒɪtətɪv] 美 ['vedʒɪteɪtɪv] (1) The new plant forms new bulbs in vegetative reproduction.(2) They are not an issue and they are surely not vegetative matter.(3) Even for experts, the vegetative state is a very disturbing condition. Use the adjective vegetative to describe a physically or mentally inactive person. If you lie around on the couch all day flipping TV channels, your sister may accuse you of being in a vegetative state. 1[ADJ 形容词]植物人状态的；植物人的 If someone is in a vegetative state, they are unable to move, think, or speak, and their condition is not likely to improve.   [usu ADJ n]  [MEDICAL 医]She was in what was described as a vegetative state.她处于一种被称为植物人的状态。2[ADJ 形容词]植物的；植物生长的 Vegetative growth or development is the growth or development of plants.   [ADJ n]  [FORMAL 正式]The harshness of the climate makes vegetative growth extremely slow.恶劣的气候使植物生长特别缓慢。

英语单词	vegetative
英美音标	英 ['vedʒɪtətɪv] 美 ['vedʒɪteɪtɪv]
中文释义	adj.植物生长的；[医]植物人状态的
英语例句	(1) The new plant forms new bulbs in vegetative reproduction. (2) They are not an issue and they are surely not vegetative matter. (3) Even for experts, the vegetative state is a very disturbing condition.
中文例句	(1) 增殖性繁殖新株长成新鳞茎。 (2) 他们不是问题，他们确实不是植物的问题。 (3) 即使对专家来说，植物人状态也是一种非常令人困扰的境况。
vocabulary简明	Use the adjective vegetative to describe a physically or mentally inactive person. If you lie around on the couch all day flipping TV channels, your sister may accuse you of being in a vegetative state.
vocabulary扩展	Watching television can be a vegetative activity, because certain shows require little thinking on the part of the viewer. Someone describing a vegetative state is either talking about a lazy friend, or — more seriously — a patient whose brain is damaged, leaving him unable to move, speak, or think. The original meanings of the word had more to do with growth than inactivity, but by the late 1800's doctors began using vegetative to describe patients who resembled vegetables rather than moving, thinking humans.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]植物人状态的；植物人的 If someone is in a vegetative state, they are unable to move, think, or speak, and their condition is not likely to improve. [usu ADJ n] [MEDICAL 医] She was in what was described as a vegetative state. 她处于一种被称为植物人的状态。 2 [ADJ 形容词]植物的；植物生长的 Vegetative growth or development is the growth or development of plants. [ADJ n] [FORMAL 正式] The harshness of the climate makes vegetative growth extremely slow. 恶劣的气候使植物生长特别缓慢。

Vegetative Growth State Describe Thinking Unable Move Speak