vegetate

英 [ˈvedʒəteɪt]

美 [ˈvedʒəteɪt]

v.  过无聊生活; 无所用心

过去式：vegetated　复数：vegetates　现在分词：vegetating　第三人称单数：vegetates　过去分词：vegetated　

GRE

BNC.38583 / COCA.31679

牛津词典

verb

• 过无聊生活；无所用心
  to spend time doing very little and feeling bored

柯林斯词典

• VERB 过单调无聊的生活;无所事事地生活
  If someonevegetates, they spend their time doing boring or worthless things.
  1. He spends all his free time at home vegetating in front of the TV.
     他一有空闲时间就窝在家里看电视。

英英释义

verb

• engage in passive relaxation
  1. After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television
  Synonym:vege out
• propagate asexually
  1. The bacterial growth vegetated along
• grow or spread abnormally
  1. warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed
• grow like a plant
  1. This fungus usually vegetates vigorously
• produce vegetation
  1. The fields vegetate vigorously
• establish vegetation on
  1. They vegetated the hills behind their house
• lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

双语例句

• The fields vegetate vigorously.
  这块地上旺盛地长起了植被。
• On the Rise of National Bourgeoisie and Reformation During the Hundred Days Reform; In those countries which are but little developed, industrially and commercially, these two classes still vegetate side by side with the rising bourgeoisie.
  论戊戌维新时期民族资产阶级状况和维新运动的兴起在工商业不很发达的国家里，这个阶级还在新兴的资产阶级身旁勉强生存着。
• Plants accumulate excessive sodium irons that cause ions toxicity and osmotic stress then abnormal metabolism if they vegetate in a high ion environment for some time, which have serous effect on plants growth and even result in death.
  当植物在高盐环境中生长一段时间后就会积累过量的Na~+，引发离子毒害、渗透胁迫而使植物的新陈代谢紊乱，严重影响植株的生长发育，甚至导致死亡。
• In this article, intercomparsion of several different vegetate materials was discussed from contaminations release, growth potential, biotic province and improvement effects of water environment.
  从物质释放、植物生长势、生物区系和水质改善效应四个方面考虑对不同基质材料进行了比较实验研究。
• The curiae and the gentes of which they were composed were thus degraded, as in athens, to mere private and religious associations and continued to vegetate as such for a long period while the assembly of the Curio soon became completely dormant.
  这样一来，库里亚和构成它们的各氏族，像在雅典一样，就降为纯粹私人的和宗教的团体，并且作为这样的团体还苟延残喘了很久，而库里亚大会不久就完全消失了。
• Effect of injection of consciousness-promoted drug through carotid artery on persistent vegetate state
  颈动脉注射促醒药物治疗持续植物状态疗效观察
• The vegetables in the garden vegetate vigorously.
  园子里的植物在茁壮成长。
• Consciousness-promoted Rehabilitation of the Patients in Persistent Vegetate State
  持续性植物状态患者的促醒康复
• When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country. I am not for criticizing hedgerows and black cattle.
  来到野外，我就希望过野外简单的生活，来到野外，并非为评点绿篱与黑牛。
• Many elderly folk vegetate and die in loneliness.
  许多老人过着呆板单调的生活并在孤寂中死去。