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。
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？
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。
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。
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。
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！
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。
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。
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。
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？
Nearly half the time, the GCS fails to detect the awareness of deep coma patients who are not vegetative, but who cannot respond in any way.
有近一半的时候，格拉斯哥昏迷评分法不能探查出深度昏迷的病人的意识。这些病人不是植物人，但无论如何也无法做出反应。
An early encounter with a patient in a vegetative state convinced Dr. Tononi that understanding consciousness was not just a matter of philosophy.
他早期行医时碰到的一位植物人病人使他深刻了解到意识不仅仅是哲学问题。
The idea of a Living Will came up and I said to her, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on a machine and fluids from a bottle.
最后提到生前遗嘱，我对她说：“我绝不想以植物人状态存活，生命依靠机器和瓶中液体维系。
In 2006, the same research group reported that one of the 23 "vegetative" patients showed on imaging tests that her brain was responding to commands.
2006年这个研究小组报道称，23位“植物人”中有一位病人的大脑在脑部造像测试中对指令有了反应。
A method of communicating with brain damaged patients who appear to be in a vegetative state has been discovered by scientists in the UK and Belgium.
与大脑受损伤，陷入植物人状态的病人交流的方法已被英国和比利时的科学家发现。
Another technology that ERRC scientists have improved USES pulsed electric fields (PEF) to kill yeasts, molds, and vegetative bacteria in liquid foods.
ERRC的科学家改进的另一种技术是利用脉动电场(PEF)杀死液体食品中的酵母菌、霉菌和繁殖性细菌。
Dr. Tononi is now collaborating with Dr. Steven Laureys of the University of Liège in Belgium to test his theory on people in persistent vegetative states.
如今，托诺博士和来自比利时的列日大学的史蒂文·洛雷（StevenLaureys）教授正协同合作，在那些长期处于植物人状态的病人上验证他的理论。
All had been diagnosed as being in a vegetative state - a condition where a person is awake, but has no sense of awareness of themselves or their surroundings.
一个人醒来时却对自己和周围环境毫无知觉的情形，都被诊断为植物人状态。
Sadly, in my work outside of the RHN I meet many patients who have never had a proper assessment and have been wrongly diagnosed as being in a vegetative state.
令人难过的是，在神经失能科的工作以外的地方，我看到过许多没有做过适当评估的病人，他们被错误的诊断为植物人状态。
In one series of experiments, researchers put people in vegetative or minimally conscious states into fMRI scanners and asked them to think about playing tennis.
在科学界进行的一系列的研究中，研究者把那些处于植物人的状态或者基本无意识的状态的病人放入功能性核磁共振成像设备中，然后要求他们回想自己打网球时的情景。
In one series of experiments, researchers put people in vegetative or minimally conscious states into fMRI scanners and asked them to think about playing tennis.
在科学界进行的一系列的研究中，研究者把那些处于植物人的状态或者基本无意识的状态的病人放入功能性核磁共振成像设备中，然后要求他们回想自己打网球时的情景。
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