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Traumatic Injury Upsetting Word Physical Experience Describe Major

英语单词 traumatic
英美音标 英 [trɔː'mætɪk] 美 [traʊ'mætɪk]
中文释义 adj.创伤的;外伤的
英语例句 (1) Our journey home was pretty traumatic.
(2) He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood.
(3) The roots are used for the treatment of traumatic injury and scabies.
中文例句 (1) 我们归途中不太顺心。
(2) 他为心魔所困扰,那可追溯至他饱受创伤的童年。
(3) 这个根用于治疗外伤和疥疮。
vocabulary简明 Something is traumatic if it's very upsetting, painful, or disturbing. The word is related to a Greek word meaning "wound," so you can think of traumatic as something involving a wound, either physical or mental.
vocabulary扩展 Your brother's reckless driving could make getting to school a traumatic experience in terms of your mental health. Traumatic can also describe a major physical injury, such as a traumatic brain injury. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a medical term used to describe the lasting and debilitating effects of something awful you've experienced, such as witnessing a disaster or suffering a major injury during combat.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]造成创伤的;惊骇的;痛苦的 A traumatic experience is very shocking and upsetting, and may cause psychological damage.
  • I suffered a nervous breakdown. It was a traumatic experience...

    我曾经神经崩溃过。那是一次痛苦的经历。

  • For a child the death of a pet can be traumatic.

    对孩子来说,一只宠物的死亡可能会造成心理创伤。

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