She was in what was described as a vegetative state.
她处于一种被称为植物人的状态。
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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。
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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.