| 词汇 | vegetate |
| 释义 | vegetate verb[ I ] uk /ˈvedʒ.ɪ.teɪt/ us /ˈvedʒ.ə.teɪt/ to live in a way that has no physical and mental activity: 过呆板单调的生活;懒散地生活 Are our kids spending too much time vegetating in front of the TV?孩子们无所事事地看电视的时间是不是太多了？ Lifestyles & their study anthropogenic anthropological anthropologically anthropologist anthropology cultural cultural critic cultural criticism cultural diffusion cultural ecology ethnological ethnologically ethnologist ethnology sociocultural socioculturally sub-trend superorganic the global village trend You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Passive and not working vegetate | American Dictionaryvegetate verb[ I ] us/ˈvedʒ·ɪˌteɪt/(slangveg (out), us/ˈvedʒ ˈɑʊt/) to live or spend time in a way that lacks physical and mental activity and effort: The children just vegetate in front of the TV all morning. Examples of vegetatevegetate This facilitates early germination of the cane sets, which vegetate in the controlled traffic lanes until the spring season. It occurs almost exclusively in slow-moving, heavily vegetated waters and is often found in the very shallowest water present. This band is in the near infrared part of the spectrum which gives a strong contrast between vegetated, non-vegetated and water surfaces. Prior to the road works, exposure 16 was rather small and densely vegetated. Where socialists and employers saw vegetating humanity, communists saw activists. Their presence requires a host plant on which they will feed, limiting the field study to vegetated areas. We have the ability to nurture and destroy, to create and to vegetate. Several blanks were used, including field blanks (ambient air at remote, near sampling and vegetated sites), laboratory air blanks and procedural blanks. Keeping a man permanently without hope of release until he vegetates into old age is a terrible thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result of continuing battles, supplies of food to the camps are interrupted, and refugees are left to vegetate in terrible conditions. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This is not a matter that can be left vegetating for a long time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All just vegetate and seem lost to the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Television has given us the perfect excuse to vegetate in our own homes without speaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The refugees are condemned to vegetate in poverty, usually without employment, while their children grow up illiterate. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English She invented pollen so that the bare land could be vegetated for the animals to live upon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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