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.
他早期行毉時碰到的一位植物人病人使他深刻了解到意識不僅僅是哲學(xué)問題。
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.
一個人醒來時卻對自己和周圍環(huán)境毫無知覺的情形，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.
這可能是個持續(xù)性植物狀態(tài),即便原則上，都沒有可能重啓開關(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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