traumatic
US
UK traumatic adj: (experience: distressing)
SC 痛苦的 tòng kǔ de
SC 极其不愉快的 tòng kǔ de ，jí qí bù yú kuài de
Losing her parents at a young age was traumatic for Joan, and even now she has nightmares about it.
traumatic adj: (injury: damaging)
SC 创伤性的 chuāng shāng xìng de
TC 創傷性的
TC 創傷性的
Jared has memory problems from a traumatic head injury he received as a teenager.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder n: (psychological effects of a trauma)
SC 创伤后应激障碍
Many veterans of the Vietnam War still suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD.