Trauma



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.精神创伤; 外伤
• ［英］ n.精神创伤 ( long-lasting harm due to emotional shock; mental wound)
• ［同］ traumatic adj.受创伤的, 外伤的
• ［例］ His first love affair proved rather traumatic.

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural traumas; also traumata)

• Etymology: Greek traumat-, trauma wound, alteration of trōma; akin to Greek titrōskein to wound, tetrainein to pierce — more at throw
• Date: circa 1693
• 1.
  • a. an injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent
  • b. a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury
  • c. an emotional upset <the personal trauma of an executive who is not living up to his own expectations — Karen W. Arenson>
• 2. an agent, force, or mechanism that causes trauma
• ? traumatic adjective
• ? traumatically adverb

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