vegetates

英 [ˈvedʒəteɪts]

美 [ˈvedʒəteɪts]

v.  过无聊生活; 无所用心
vegetate的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• This fungus usually vegetates vigorously.
  蘑菇经常像植物一样旺盛地生长。
• Principle vegetates out of cases, and formalizes from law theory. Thus, it depends on a sort of practice ration.
  原则生成于个案当中，形式化于法学理论之上，它所依凭的是一种实践理性。
• On the other hand, shavings daughters add, but only very slightly, to a woman's life span. The idle, useless man, no matter to what extent his life may Be prolonged, merely vegetates.
  另一方面，生女孩会延长女人的寿命，不过幅度非常懒惰无用的人，不管寿命多长，也不过是饱食终日，虚度一生。