vegetate
英 ['vedʒɪteɪt]
美 ['vɛdʒətet]
中文词源
vegetate 无所事事来自vegetable,植物，引申词义像植物人的，无活事事的。
英文词源
- vegetate (v.)
- c. 1600, "to grow as plants do," perhaps a back-formation from vegetation, or from Latin vegetatus, past participle of vegetare "to enliven, to animate" (see vegetable (adj.)). Sense of "to lead a dull, empty, or stagnant life" is from 1740. Related: Vegetated; vegetating.
双语例句
- 1. This kind of friut vegetate in many areas.
- 这种水果香甜可口,生长在世界上许多地方.
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- 2. The vegetables in the garden vegetate vigorously.
- 园子里的植物在茁壮成长.
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- 3. After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television.
- 经过一整天劳累, 我瘫在电视机前一动不动.
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- 4. Warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed.
- 疣和息肉如果不切除的话将会不停地生长.
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- 5. The fields vegetate vigorously.
- 这块地上旺盛地长起了植被.
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