核心畫面

You can think of one hard jolt of electricity, sent into something that has stopped working properly, in the hope that the jolt starts it working again. That is the picture behind both uses: a sharp blow that is meant as care, not as harm.

可以想成一記強烈的電流,打進一個已經不太運作的東西裡,希望它因此重新動起來。這一擊很猛,但出手的人是想救它,不是想傷更多收起可以想成一記強烈的電流,打進一個已經不太運作的東西裡,希望它因此重新動起來。這一擊很猛,但出手的人是想救它,不是想傷它。兩個意思都站在這個畫面上:一邊是真的電流打進腦部,一邊是猛烈的手段打進一個制度。

Two branches

醫療上的電擊

這一支是字面的用法,電流真的通過病人的腦部。

noun · B2

A way of treating serious mental illness in which doctors pass strong electric shocks through a patient's brain.

電擊治療

比喻:一次到位的猛藥

把病人換成制度、經濟或組織,電流換成強硬的政策,畫面就整個搬過來了。

noun · B2

Sudden and very strong action taken to change a system or fix a serious problem as fast as possible, especially in a country's economy.

震撼療法、猛藥