The idle , useless man , no matter to what extend his life may be prolonged , merely vegetate .
懒惰无用的人,不管寿命多长,也不过是饱食终日,虚度一生。
When we don 't think we sleep , vegetate or daydream ; we are vacant , dull and unproductive , whereas when we are awake we are thinking , doing , living , quarrelling : these are the only two states we know .
In those countries which are but little developed , industrially and commercially , these two classes still vegetate side by side with the rising bourgeoisie .
在工商业不很发达的国家里,这个阶级还在新兴的资产阶级身旁勉强生存着。
The bigger the organization , the more unavoidable is its immorality and blind stupidity ...... society , by automatically stressing all the collective qualities in its individual representatives , puts a premium on mediocrity , on everything that settles down to vegetate in an easy , irresponsible way .
The curiae and the gentes of which they were composed were thus degraded , as in athens , to mere private and religious associations and continued to vegetate as such for a long period while the assembly of the curio soon became completely dormant .