She was in what was described as a vegetative state.

她处于一种被称为植物人的状态。

She had been in what doctors described as an irreversible vegetative state for five years.

她陷入医生们所说的一种不可逆转的植物人状态已达5年之久。

That is when it's not covered in snow and there is no frost covering the grass and vegetative parts of a plant's herbs and the flowers the marmots like to eat.

那时，地上没有冰雪覆盖，草木也没有结霜，土拔鼠喜欢吃的植物嫩芽和花蕾正开始生长。

In the countryside materials have a significantly lower heat capacity because a vegetative blanket prevents heat from easily flowing into and out of the ground.

在农村，材料的热容量要低得多，因为植被可以防止热量轻易地从地面流入或流出。

Resources are evenly allocated between reproductive and vegetative growth for Liriodendron chinense.

资源在鹅掌楸的营养生长和生殖两方面平衡分配。

But what about patients who are not awake and in a vegetative state?

但是，一个没有清醒过来且处于植物人状态的的病人会怎样呢？

He said at best she would remain in a vegetative state on life support.

他说最理想情况就是在生命保障系统的辅助下维持植物人状态。

There we are in Phase D, in something like, perhaps, persistent vegetative state.

这就是D阶段，可以叫做，持续植物人状态。

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

然而，现代医学造就了第三种情况，那便是植物人。

After the coma, when there's no change and no response, they call it neuro-vegetative.

我儿子昏迷以后，当他们发现他既没变化也没反应时，他们就说他的植物性神经系统受到了损伤。

This might be a persistent vegetative state with no possibility of turning it on, even in principle.

这可能是个持续性植物状态，即便原则上，都没有可能重启开关。

The moment it was discovered he was not in a vegetative state, said Houben, was like being born again.

胡本说，被发现他不是植物人的那一刻，他仿佛重生了。

Finally, they gave the instructions to a patient who had been diagnosed as being vegetative two years earlier.

最后，他们给一个两年前被诊断为植物人的病人发出指示。

He concluded that ROM was suffering from locked-in syndrome, that he was not, after all, neuro-vegetative.

他总结出罗姆正受到闭锁综合征的折磨，他最终认定他并非植物性神经系统损伤病人。

They have discovered apparently vegetative people whose minds can still imagine, still recognize, still respond.

他们发现植物人的思维仍能想象、认知和反应。

Patients diagnosed as vegetative have periods of wakefulness but seem unaware of themselves or their surroundings.

被诊断为植物人的患者是有清醒的时期的，但看起来似乎他们对自身和周围的环境都没有意识。

He examined 44 patients believed to be in a vegetative state, and found that 18 of them responded to communication.

他检查了44名被认为处于植物人状态的患者，发现其中18人对交流有反应。

This protocol has woken 43 patients from vegetative or minimally conscious states, with no major negative side effects.

这种治疗方法已经使43个植物人或最小意识状态的病人苏醒，无重大副作用。

Ecological conditions will improve with the increase in land under vegetative cover and reduced soil and water loss.

生态环境也会随着植被面积扩大和水土流失减少而得到改善。

A doctor put the then 12-year-old pitcher on life support and said that he would never wake up from the vegetative state.

医生把这位当时只有12岁的投手放上了生命维持机，下结论说他永远不会从植物人状态醒来了。

It was only last year that MRI scans revealed some patients in a permanent vegetative state were still actually conscious!

就在去年核磁共振扫描显示一些永久性植物人病患仍有实际的意识！

There are big differences. Inglis's son was in a vegetative state, so she can't claim she was fulfilling his desire to die.

两者之间的区别还挺大的，Inglis的儿子已经处于植物人状态，所以他妈妈没办法说是满足孩子寻死的愿望。

Of these, 23 had a diagnosis of "vegetative state," meaning they were not able to signal any response to commands or questions.

其中23人被诊断为“植物状态”，也就是说他们对指令或问题不能做出任何反应。

Landscape Management Vegetative modifications to render the environment less suitable for tick survival and for tick hosts.

院落整治改变植被使环境不适合蜱虫以及其宿主的存活。

Those studies have led Dr Owen to conclude that a significant minority of vegetative patients may be more aware than they seem.

通过上述研究，Owen博士认为植物人患者中有极少数可能潜藏更多的意识。

He and his colleagues have a lot of them: They wake up 84 percent of their patients from a minimally conscious or vegetative state.

他和他的同事有不止一次的“侥幸成功”：他们成功使84%的病人从最小意识或植物人状态醒来。

Previous studies have shown that functional magnetic resonance imaging scans can uncover awareness in apparently vegetative patients.

以往的研究已经表明，功能磁共振成像扫描能够发现表面上是植物人的患者的意识。

Owen and his team are using brain-imaging techniques to determine the levels of consciousness in patients who are in a vegetative state.

欧文和他的小组正利用大脑的想象技术来决定植物人患者的意识层次。

But what about patients who are not awake and in a vegetative state? How can doctors determine if those people are conscious and aware?

但是，一个没有清醒过来且处于植物人状态的的病人会怎样呢？这些病人是有知觉的还是有意识的？医生们如何来判定呢？