in a vegetative state

基本解释

He's on a respirator and is in a vegetative state.
他被连上了呼吸机，现在就是个植物人了。
An early encounter with a patient in a vegetative state convinced Dr. Tononi that understanding consciousness was not just a matter of philosophy.
他早期行医时碰到的一位植物人病人使他深刻了解到意识不仅仅是哲学问题。
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.
一个人醒来时却对自己和周围环境毫无知觉的情形，都被诊断为植物人状态。

This might be a persistent vegetative state with no possibility of turning it on, even in principle.
这可能是个持续性植物状态,即便原则上，都没有可能重启开关。
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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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