late 14c., "endowed with the power of growth," from Old French vegetatif "(naturally) growing," from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from vegetat-, past participle stem of vegetare (see vegetable (adj.)). Middle English transferred sense was "characterized by growth." Modern pathological sense of "brain-dead, lacking intellectual activity, mentally inert" is from 1893, via notion of having only such functions which perform involuntarily or unconsciously and thus are likened to the processes of vegetable growth.
实用例句
1. The harshness of the climate makes vegetative growth extremely slow.
恶劣的气候使植物生长特别缓慢。来自柯林斯例句
2. She was in what was described as a vegetative state.
她处于一种被称为植物人的状态。来自柯林斯例句
3. She had been in what doctors described as an irreversible vegetative state for five years.
她处于医生所说的不可逆性植物人状态已经5年了。来自柯林斯例句
4. The terminal bud continues vegetative activity during most of the growing season.
在大部分生长季节,这种茎的顶芽继续着植物的生长.来自辞典例句
5. A " vegetative propagule " is any type of vegetatively propagated tree.
