- 1使受創傷、讓人留下心理陰影。台灣日常會說「留下陰影」「嚇出陰影」，例如「小時候被狗咬，留下陰影」；正式或心理學脈絡則說「造成創傷」
To traumatize someone is to shock or hurt them so badly that the damage stays with them for a long time afterwards.
To traumatize someone對某人造成心理創傷 is to shock or hurt them就是重重驚嚇或傷害他們 so badly嚴重到 that the damage那個傷害 stays with them留在他們身上 for a long time afterwards很久之後都還在。
It is what an event does to a person: war traumatizes soldiers, a violent home traumatizes children. You will most often meet it in the passive — 'she was traumatized by the crash' — or as the adjective-like past participle, 'traumatized children'.
It is what an event does to a person這是某件事對一個人做的事: war traumatizes soldiers戰爭讓士兵留下創傷, a violent home而暴力的家庭 traumatizes children讓孩子留下創傷。You will most often meet it你最常會在 in the passive被動式裡遇到它 — 'she was traumatized by the crash'「她因為那場車禍而受創」 — or as the adjective-like past participle或當形容詞用的過去分詞, 'traumatized children'「traumatized children」。
The strong meaning is serious and is used by doctors, therapists, and journalists about real lasting harm.
The strong meaning這個強烈的意思 is serious是嚴肅的 and is used by doctors, therapists, and journalists是醫生、治療師和記者會用的 about real lasting harm用來講真實而持久的傷害。
But like traumatic, this word gets stretched for comedy in everyday speech: 'my showed me a horror film when I was six and I'm still traumatized', 'I saw my teacher at the swimming pool — traumatized'. Everyone understands this is a joke; the is the joke.
But like traumatic不過就像traumatic這個字一樣, this word這個字 gets stretched for comedy在日常說話裡 in everyday speech被誇張地用來搞笑: 'my brother showed me a horror film「我弟給我看一部恐怖片 when I was six那時我六歲 and I'm still traumatized'我到現在都還有陰影」, 'I saw my teacher at the swimming pool「我在游泳池看到我老師 — traumatized'嚇到有陰影」。Everyone understands this is a joke每個人都知道這是玩笑; the exaggeration那個誇張 is the joke就是笑點所在。
It is fine among friends and wrong in serious writing.
It is fine among friends在朋友之間這樣說沒問題 and wrong in serious writing但在正式寫作裡就不對了。
Spelling: traumatize is standard in the United States and also perfectly acceptable in Britain, while traumatise with an s is the common British newspaper spelling. Pick one and stay consistent.
Spelling拼法方面: traumatize在美國 is standard in the United States是標準拼法 and also perfectly acceptable in Britain在英國也完全可以接受, while traumatise with an s而多一個s的traumatise is the common British newspaper spelling是英國報紙常見的拼法。Pick one挑一種 and stay consistent固定用下去。
core核心畫面
組成Borrowed from French traumatiser. Under it: Greek trauma, a wound, plus the -ize ending that means 'to make something be this way'. So traumatize = to wound someone, in the deep and lasting sense.
同家族的字
- traumathe root — the wound
- traumaticthe adjective from the same root
- traumatizedits past participle, used like an adjective
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
traumatizeverb/ˈtɹɔ.mə.taɪz/
- 1
medicinepathologysciencesTo injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.
- 2
human-sciencesmedicinepsychiatryTo cause a trauma in.
- I was traumatized by a childhood experience.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。