但如果死亡指的是人格功能性的永久停止，那就说明死者并非死去。

But if death means permanent cessation of P-functioning, then it turns out the dead weren't really dead after all.

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心肌梗死伴随着功能性心脏细胞大量死亡，最终导致心力衰竭。

Myocardial infarction occurs as a large number of functional cardiac cells die, which eventually induced the heart failure.

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动物研究表明，在损伤之后马上给与黄体酮能够减少脑水肿，阻止神经死亡和改善功能性预后。

Animal studies have indicated that giving progesterone soon after injury reduces brain swelling, prevents nerve death and improves functional outcomes.

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But if death means permanent cessation of P-functioning, then it turns out the dead weren't really dead after all.

但如果死亡指的是人格功能性的永久停止，那就说明死者并非死去。

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So the proposal that death is a matter of permanent cessation of P-functioning versus temporary, that doesn't seem like it's going to do the trick.

所以说死亡只永久地,停止人格功能性的这个说法，也不是正确的。

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And to be dead then, is to be unable to engage in P-functioning.

而死亡就是，失去了人格功能性。

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