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单词 trauma
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Definition of trauma in English:

trauma

nounPlural traumas, Plural traumata ˈtraʊməˈtrɔːmə
  • 1A deeply distressing or disturbing experience.

    痛苦,创伤

    a personal trauma like the death of a child
    mass noun many experience the trauma of divorce
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His experience of the traumas and the issues of the civil war of the 1260s informed his approach to English affairs when he became king.
    • It can be triggered by peer pressure, media pressure or sudden traumas such as divorce or death.
    • He hints at family traumas, but is suspicious of pop stars who ‘pour their hearts out with media training’.
    • The effects of the traumas experienced by Holocaust survivors persist more than 50 years later.
    • The majority of these power-hungry leaders are trying to make up for sins in their own lives or for the past traumas and hurts they have experienced.
    • More traumas like this and I might actually have to use one.
    • Okay, as far as phobia-causing childhood traumas go, I'm sure there are worse.
    • Did you have an unusually bad high-school experience, or was it just the usual teen traumas?
    • Persons suffering from traumas such as strokes or serious accidents are vulnerable due to the wait.
    • This evolutionary process has not been without its traumas.
    • We work with a variety of young people and families, many have experienced traumas, different forms of abuse.
    • She has a dark, dark secret that would twist the mind of any cat that has experienced the traumas she has, and seen the things she's seen.
    • I, too, experienced the traumas of trying to enter the world of journalism.
    • In my work I often see people who have suffered terrible traumas but never as immediately as this.
    • No nation has experienced the traumas that have repeatedly befallen the Jewish nation.
    • Students are encouraged to experience university challenges as traumas.
    • Given the traumas of his previous runs this season, I won't be recommending a bet…
    • This act was deeply unpopular, and implicated Ford in the traumas of Watergate.
    • But such traumas only occur after exhaustive efforts to achieve co-operation with dignity have failed.
    • A generation for whom all these realities are new, and yet are exposed to the traumas in such an unfiltered way, is bound to be deeply troubled.
    Synonyms
    torment, agony, suffering, pain
    1. 1.1mass noun Emotional shock following a stressful event or a physical injury, which may lead to long-term neurosis.
      情感创伤,精神冲击
      the event is relived with all the accompanying trauma
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is not confined to those who suffer emotional trauma or who are diagnosed as being mentally ill.
      • Many Australian veterans have suffered from the long-term effects of trauma.
      • Aside from what was later termed emotional trauma, the divers were returned unharmed.
      • The traumas of reversing this process are still being felt some 10 years after the systems were abolished.
      • I hope that her family will be able to spend some quality time with her, but it will not be easy in the long run to cope with such emotional trauma.
      • Our service-men and women would probably suffer the same kind of traumas which have hit combatants from past conflicts.
      • No thought is given to the physical, mental, and emotional trauma suffered by the victim.
      • This is in addition to the increased shock and trauma such events would have upon the release of these men.
      • This proud young man has already experienced the physical pain and emotional trauma inflicted by this government.
      • She told the conference that injuries she couldn't show were the emotional and mental trauma.
      • The goal of this author and her family is to give a voice for the long term victims of trauma.
      • It was the custody that caused the mother and son to suffer the severe emotional trauma that led to the suicide, she added.
      • These testimonies are then separated from other traumas and suffering across the globe.
      • Psychological trauma and long term emotional damage were major concerns.
      • For many Muslims, it has been a haven where they could come to heal the traumas and persecution they experienced in their home countries.
      • In my opinion, the causes are related to depression, emotional trauma and extremely low self-esteem.
      • Psychologists said the child, who was immediately placed in foster care, would suffer long-term trauma.
      • The trauma of the ordeal led her to move to another house as she feared for her safety.
      • Many suffer emotional trauma from the shock of leaving home and being forced into a relationship too early.
      • While such events can lead to considerable psychological trauma and distress, they may also inure a young mind to violence.
      Synonyms
      shock, upheaval, distress, stress, strain, pain, anguish, suffering, upset, agony, misery, sorrow, grief, heartache, heartbreak, torture
      disturbance, disorder, jolt, ordeal, trial, tribulation, trouble, worry, anxiety, burden, adversity, hardship, nightmare
  • 2Medicine
    mass noun Physical injury.

    〔医〕外伤,损伤

    rupture of the diaphragm caused by blunt trauma
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The common abdominal injuries after blunt trauma are those to the spleen, liver, and kidneys.
    • The county medical examiner said the boy died of blunt force trauma, a fractured skull and bruised brain.
    • A foreign body usually presents with a history of trauma and an entrance wound that will not heal.
    • All blunt orbital trauma should be taken seriously even when an injury is apparently trivial.
    • Other causes are trauma, iatrogenic injury, popliteal aneurysm, and aortic dissection.
    Synonyms
    injury, damage, hurt, wound, wounding, sore, bruise, cut, laceration, lesion, abrasion, contusion

Origin

Late 17th century: from Greek, literally 'wound'.

  • This is an English use of a Greek word meaning literally ‘wound’. It was transferred to the notion of a ‘mental wound’ in the late 19th century.

Rhymes

dormer, former, korma, Norma, performer, pro-forma, stormer, transformer, warmer

Definition of trauma in US English:

trauma

noun
  • 1A deeply distressing or disturbing experience.

    痛苦,创伤

    a personal trauma like the death of a child
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His experience of the traumas and the issues of the civil war of the 1260s informed his approach to English affairs when he became king.
    • She has a dark, dark secret that would twist the mind of any cat that has experienced the traumas she has, and seen the things she's seen.
    • He hints at family traumas, but is suspicious of pop stars who ‘pour their hearts out with media training’.
    • This evolutionary process has not been without its traumas.
    • Students are encouraged to experience university challenges as traumas.
    • Persons suffering from traumas such as strokes or serious accidents are vulnerable due to the wait.
    • No nation has experienced the traumas that have repeatedly befallen the Jewish nation.
    • In my work I often see people who have suffered terrible traumas but never as immediately as this.
    • But such traumas only occur after exhaustive efforts to achieve co-operation with dignity have failed.
    • The majority of these power-hungry leaders are trying to make up for sins in their own lives or for the past traumas and hurts they have experienced.
    • Did you have an unusually bad high-school experience, or was it just the usual teen traumas?
    • More traumas like this and I might actually have to use one.
    • The effects of the traumas experienced by Holocaust survivors persist more than 50 years later.
    • This act was deeply unpopular, and implicated Ford in the traumas of Watergate.
    • Okay, as far as phobia-causing childhood traumas go, I'm sure there are worse.
    • It can be triggered by peer pressure, media pressure or sudden traumas such as divorce or death.
    • Given the traumas of his previous runs this season, I won't be recommending a bet…
    • I, too, experienced the traumas of trying to enter the world of journalism.
    • A generation for whom all these realities are new, and yet are exposed to the traumas in such an unfiltered way, is bound to be deeply troubled.
    • We work with a variety of young people and families, many have experienced traumas, different forms of abuse.
    Synonyms
    torment, agony, suffering, pain
    1. 1.1 Emotional shock following a stressful event or a physical injury, which may be associated with physical shock and sometimes leads to long-term neurosis.
      情感创伤,精神冲击
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In my opinion, the causes are related to depression, emotional trauma and extremely low self-esteem.
      • Our service-men and women would probably suffer the same kind of traumas which have hit combatants from past conflicts.
      • It was the custody that caused the mother and son to suffer the severe emotional trauma that led to the suicide, she added.
      • This is in addition to the increased shock and trauma such events would have upon the release of these men.
      • I hope that her family will be able to spend some quality time with her, but it will not be easy in the long run to cope with such emotional trauma.
      • Aside from what was later termed emotional trauma, the divers were returned unharmed.
      • No thought is given to the physical, mental, and emotional trauma suffered by the victim.
      • While such events can lead to considerable psychological trauma and distress, they may also inure a young mind to violence.
      • These testimonies are then separated from other traumas and suffering across the globe.
      • This proud young man has already experienced the physical pain and emotional trauma inflicted by this government.
      • Psychological trauma and long term emotional damage were major concerns.
      • The traumas of reversing this process are still being felt some 10 years after the systems were abolished.
      • It is not confined to those who suffer emotional trauma or who are diagnosed as being mentally ill.
      • For many Muslims, it has been a haven where they could come to heal the traumas and persecution they experienced in their home countries.
      • Many suffer emotional trauma from the shock of leaving home and being forced into a relationship too early.
      • Many Australian veterans have suffered from the long-term effects of trauma.
      • Psychologists said the child, who was immediately placed in foster care, would suffer long-term trauma.
      • She told the conference that injuries she couldn't show were the emotional and mental trauma.
      • The trauma of the ordeal led her to move to another house as she feared for her safety.
      • The goal of this author and her family is to give a voice for the long term victims of trauma.
      Synonyms
      shock, upheaval, distress, stress, strain, pain, anguish, suffering, upset, agony, misery, sorrow, grief, heartache, heartbreak, torture
  • 2Medicine
    Physical injury.

    〔医〕外伤,损伤

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All blunt orbital trauma should be taken seriously even when an injury is apparently trivial.
    • The common abdominal injuries after blunt trauma are those to the spleen, liver, and kidneys.
    • A foreign body usually presents with a history of trauma and an entrance wound that will not heal.
    • Other causes are trauma, iatrogenic injury, popliteal aneurysm, and aortic dissection.
    • The county medical examiner said the boy died of blunt force trauma, a fractured skull and bruised brain.
    Synonyms
    injury, damage, hurt, wound, wounding, sore, bruise, cut, laceration, lesion, abrasion, contusion

Origin

Late 17th century: from Greek, literally ‘wound’.

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