So he's in a persistent vegetative state.

所以现在是处于植物人的状态。

Vincent Lambert has been in a vegetative state since 2008.

樊尚·朗贝尔自2008年起就一直处于植物人状态。

While napenthes hang in mid-air, another vegetative predator crawls on land.

猪笼草悬在半空，另一位杀手则埋伏在地表。

Modern medicine, however, has created a third option, the persistent vegetative state.

然而，现代医学技术创造了第三个选项--永久性植物人状态。

But once the sun goes down, they go into a vegetative state.

但是太阳落山，们就进入了植物人状态。

Vincent Lambert has been in a vegetative state since a motorcycle accident in 2008.

自2008年摩托车事故以来，文森特·兰伯特一直处于植物人状态。

Yeah, his chart says he fell into a persistent vegetative state 16 years ago.

是的，的病历写着在16年前成为永久的植物人。

This might be a persistent vegetative state with no possibility of turning it on, even in principle.

有可能这是一种持续的植物人状态基本上不可能意识了。

Once again, the vegetative David was seen to have less mind than the David who had “passed away”.

这次，植物人大卫的心智活动仍然被认为少于“去世”的大卫。

More extensive damage to the network can sometimes lead to a vegetative state, with no sign of consciousness.

如果人的神经网损伤范围更大，则可能变成植物人，没有任何意识。

Police in Arizona have arrested a nurse after a patient in a long-term vegetative state at a care facility gave birth.

亚利桑那州警方逮捕了一名护士，因为一名长期处于植物状态的病人生了孩子。

Brain death was different than a coma or vegetative state, where there are levels of consciousness and brain function.

脑死亡不同于昏迷或植物人状态，者存在意识水平和脑功能水平。

Land that his proclamation said was home to, quote, many different vegetative communities and numerous types of endemic plants and their pollinators.

在公告中称这片土地是“多种不同植物种群和无数种当地植物及其传粉者”的家园。

The most famous monocarpic  perennial is probably bamboo, which can stay in its vegetative  state for up to 100 years.

最著名的多年生单果可能是竹子，它可以保持植物状态长达 100 年。

In the view of the average New Yorker or New Englander, the vegetative David was more dead than the version who was dead.

在纽约和新英格兰的普通市民眼中，变成植物人的大卫比死去的大卫“死”得更彻底。

So far we've only talked about vegetative plant organs, which refers to a type of organ that contributes to a plant's overall growth and structure.

到目前为止，我们只讨论了植物的营养器官，它指的是一种有助于植物整体生长和结构的器官。

Although we all enjoy swaths of land filled with green grass, plants and trees, vegetative growth can wreak havoc on the strength of a railway track.

虽然我们都喜欢长着绿色的草地、植物和树木的土地，但营养生长可能会对铁路轨道的强度造成严重破坏。

Giant hogweed is a monocarpic perennial,   meaning it flowers only once after being in a vegetative state for a long period  of time.

巨型猪草是一种单果多年生植物，这意味着它在长时间处于植物状态只开花一次。

A coma can progress into a persistent vegetative state or even locked-in syndrome, when a person is aware of themselves and their surroundings but cannot speak or move.

当一个人意识到自己和周围环境但不能说话或移动时，昏迷可能会发展成持续性植物人状态甚至闭锁综合症。

To fill that gap Kurt Gray of the University of Maryland, and Annie Knickman and Dan Wegner of Harvard University, conducted an experiment designed to ascertain just how people perceive those in a persistent vegetative state.

为了填补这个领域的空白，马里兰州大学的库尔特? 格雷和哈佛大学的丹? 魏格纳进行了一个实验，旨在确定人们如何认知植物人。