When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country.

置身乡村，我愿化作乡村的草木果蔬。

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Newton and his peers believed it was possible to prompt metals to grow, or “vegetate, ” in a flask.

牛顿和他的同伴们认为金属是可以在烧杯里种植，或“像植物般生长”的。

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Newton and his peers believed it was possible to prompt metals to grow, or “vegetate,” in a flask. After all, many chemical reactions were known to leave lovely dendritic residues in their wake.

牛顿和他的同事们相信促使金属在烧瓶中生长是有可能的，毕竟，众所周知，许多化学反应最后会剩下的树枝状的残渣。

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Having said that, simply because you've made plans to die doesn't mean you have to vegetate like some rotting piece of cabbage.

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In effect, they were forced to vegetate or to do something different.

ECONOMIST: Idea