夏说英语新闻晨读 第551期:心碎综合症

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Your heart can be damaged after a sad event and it may be your brain's doing, experts believe. Swiss researchers have been studying people with a rare and unusual condition called broken heart syndrome¹. This weakening and failing of the heart happens suddenly, often after a stressful or emotional event such as bereavement³. It is little understood but the work in the European Heart Journal suggests the mind's response to stress plays a part.

Swiss: adj. 瑞士的；瑞士人的
Switzerland: n. 瑞士
rare: adj. 罕见的
broken heart syndrome: 心碎综合征
weakening and failing of the heart: 心脏的衰弱和衰竭
bereavement: n. 丧亲之痛
bereave²: v. 使……丧失
play a part: 起作用

1 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

2 bereave   

v.使痛失(亲人等)，剥夺，使丧失

参考例句：

• Nothing can bereave us of such sweet memories.没有什么东西可以夺去我们这样甜蜜的记忆。
• Though they bring up their children,yet will I bereave them,that there shall not be a man left:yea,woe also to them when I depart from them!纵然养大儿女，我却必使他们丧子，甚至不留一个。我离弃他们他们就有祸了。

3 bereavement   

n.亲人丧亡，丧失亲人，丧亲之痛

参考例句：

• the pain of an emotional crisis such as divorce or bereavement 诸如离婚或痛失亲人等情感危机的痛苦
• I sympathize with you in your bereavement. 我对你痛失亲人表示同情。 来自《简明英汉词典》