NOT DO somethingto live without doing much physical or mental activity and to feel bored as a result 无所事事地生活,过枯燥呆板的生活
I was determined when I retired that I wasn’t just going to vegetate.
我退休时便下定决心绝不让生活过得单调无聊。
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vegetate• When I retired I didn't want to just vegetate.• After frittering away her fortune, she vegetatedalone in her Paris flat.• Either you vegetate and look out the window or you get busy and try to effect change.• Resting, sleeping and generally vegetating are obvious ways of unwinding.• If I must vegetate, I'd rather do so at home, in spite of the undoubtedly superiorménage here.• It is specially important not to let him vegetate in front of the television for long periods.
Originvegetate
(1600-1700)Medieval Latin past participle of vegetare; → VEGETABLE