So he's in a persistent vegetative state.

所以他现在是处于植物人的状态。

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。

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

然而，现代医学技术创三个选项--永久性植物人状态。

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。

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

但是太阳落山之后，他们就进入植物人状态。

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

是的，他的病历写着他在16年前成为永久的植物人。

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

笼草悬在半空，另一位杀手则埋伏在地表。

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再恢复意。

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。

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

脑死亡与昏迷或植物人状态不同，后者有一定程度的意和大脑功能。

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。

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一名护士，因为一名长期处于植物状态的病人生孩子。

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

他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。

Why not consider the universe the product of a vegetative process instead of a rational designer?

为什么不把宇宙看作是植物过程的产物，而不是理性的设计者呢？

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 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后只开花一次。

But that all changed a year ago when he suffered a massive stroke leaving him in a vegetative state, unable to move or speak.

但这一在一年前发生变化， 当时他遭受严重中风， 导致他处于植物人状态，无法移动或说话。