persistent vegetative state

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This might be a persistent vegetative state with no possibility of turning it on, even in principle.
這可能是個(gè)持續(xù)性植物狀態(tài),即便原則上，都沒有可能重啟開關(guān)。
She emerged in a “persistent vegetative state”—the common term for someone who does not respond consciously to their surroundings.
她處于"持綠性植物狀態(tài)"——一個(gè)常用于那些不能對環(huán)境做出有意識反應(yīng)的人的術(shù)語。
The result is a booming business in those free-standing storage facilities, where junk goes to linger in a persistent vegetative state, somewhere between eBay and the dump.
結(jié)果就是繁榮了那些獨(dú)立倉儲的生意，使垃圾產(chǎn)品以一種持久的植物狀態(tài)游離于易趣和垃圾箱之間的某個(gè)地方。

This might be a persistent vegetative state with no possibility of turning it on, even in principle.
這可能是個(gè)持續(xù)性植物狀態(tài),即便原則上，都沒有可能重啟開關(guān)。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選
There we are in Phase D,in something like, perhaps,persistent vegetative state.
這就是D階段，可以叫做，持續(xù)植物人狀態(tài)。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選

a medical condition in which a person's brain shows no sign of activity and they have to be kept alive by drugs and machines

If someone is in a persistent vegetative state, they are unable to think, speak, or move because they have severe brain damage, and their condition is not likely to improve.