| 单词 | vegetate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['vedʒiteit] |
| 解释 | v. 像植物般生活;无所事事 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.像植物般生活;无 所事事(to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind) 【记】 veget(植物)+ate→像 植物一样→过呆板的 生活; 【同】 参考:vegetable(蔬 菜) 【例】 Many elderly folk vegetate and die in loneliness. |
| 字源 | vegetate (v.) c.1600, "to grow as plants do," perhaps a back-formation from vegetation, or from Latin vegetatus, past participle of vegetare "to enliven, to animate" (see vegetable (adj.)). Sense of "to lead a dull, empty, or stagnant life" is from 1740. Related: Vegetated; vegetating. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 像植物般生活(过呆板单调的生活, 一种身体或精神不活跃或无感觉的状态) 【记】源于: vegetable(n 蔬菜; 生活呆板单调的人) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】vegetable 植物 |
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