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Traumatized describes a person (or animal) who has been shocked or hurt so badly that they are still carrying the damage. It is the past participle of , and in practice it behaves like an adjective: 'traumatized refugees', 'the dog was traumatized', 'she looked traumatized'.
TraumatizedTraumatized describes a person (or animal)用來形容一個人(或動物) who has been shocked or hurt so badly受到很嚴重的驚嚇或傷害 that they are still carrying the damage以至於陰影還留在身上 It is the past participle of traumatize它是traumatize的過去分詞, and而且 in practice it behaves like an adjective實際用法就像形容詞: 'traumatized refugees''traumatized refugees'(受創的難民), 'the dog was traumatized''the dog was traumatized'(這隻狗嚇壞了), 'she looked traumatized''she looked traumatized'(她看起來受到了創傷)
What it points to is a state, not an event — the person is still in it. A traumatized child may not sleep, may not speak about what happened, may flinch at sounds that remind them. That lasting quality is the whole meaning of the word; if the passed in an hour, 'traumatized' is the wrong word and 'shaken' or 'upset' is the right one.
What it points to它指的 is a state, not an event是一種狀態,而不是一個事件 — the person is still in it這個人還處在那個狀態裡 A traumatized child一個traumatized(受創)的孩子 may not sleep可能睡不著, may not speak about what happened可能不願意談發生的事, may flinch at sounds that remind them聽到讓他們想起那件事的聲音可能會嚇一跳 That lasting quality這種持續性 is the whole meaning of the word就是這個詞的全部意義; if the fright passed in an hour如果驚嚇一小時內就過去了, 'traumatized' is the wrong word'traumatized'就是用錯詞 and而且 'shaken' or 'upset' is the right one用'shaken'或'upset'才對
The phrase that follows it is almost always 'by': traumatized by the war, by the accident, by what she saw.
The phrase that follows it後面常接的介系詞 is almost always 'by'幾乎都是'by': traumatized by the war因戰爭而受創, by the accident因意外而受創, by what she saw因她所見到的而受創
And as with , young speakers use it jokingly for small horrors — 'I'm traumatized' after seeing something merely . That is play, and it is very common online, but it borrows its force from the serious meaning, so it does not belong in careful writing.
And而且 as with traumatize跟traumatize一樣, young speakers年輕人 use it jokingly for small horrors會開玩笑地用在小小的驚嚇上 — 'I'm traumatized''I'm traumatized'(我受到創傷了) after seeing something merely embarrassing在看到只是有點尷尬的事之後 That is play這只是玩笑, and而且 it is very common online在網路上很常見, but it borrows its force from the serious meaning但它是借用了正式意義的強度, so所以 it does not belong in careful writing不適合用在正式寫作裡
組成traumatize + -d, the past participle ending, here used as a describing word. Deeper down: Greek trauma, a wound — so a traumatized person is a wounded person, wounded on the inside.
同家族的字
- traumatizethe verb it comes from
- traumaticthe adjective for the event, while traumatized describes the person
- traumathe root — the wound itself
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
traumatizedadj
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medicinepathologysciencesInjured, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.
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human-sciencesmedicinepsychiatryHaving been subjected to psychological trauma.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。