in a vegetative state

基本解釋

He's on a respirator and is in a vegetative state.
他被連上了呼吸機(jī)，現(xiàn)在就是個(gè)植物人了。
An early encounter with a patient in a vegetative state convinced Dr. Tononi that understanding consciousness was not just a matter of philosophy.
他早期行毉時(shí)碰到的一位植物人病人使他深刻了解到意識(shí)不僅僅是哲學(xué)問(wèn)題。
All had been diagnosed as being in a vegetative state - a condition where a person is awake, but has no sense of awareness of themselves or their surroundings.
一個(gè)人醒來(lái)時(shí)卻對(duì)自己和周圍環(huán)境毫無(wú)知覺(jué)的情形，都被診斷爲(wèi)植物人狀態(tài)。

This might be a persistent vegetative state with no possibility of turning it on, even in principle.
這可能是個(gè)持續(xù)性植物狀態(tài),即便原則上，都沒(méi)有可能重啓開(kāi)關(guān)。
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He left Iraq after an American soldier shot his son, who has been left in a vegetative state following several surgeries.
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This describes patients who are a shade better off than those in a vegetative state, because they show fluctuating signs of awareness.
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