都市人的八大古怪流行病

 　　Procrastination¹拖延症

　　Procrastination refers to the act of replacing high-priority actions with tasks of low-priority, and thus putting off important tasks to a later time. Some psychologists cite such behavior as a mechanism² for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision。

　　症状：所有大事小事都拖到最后一刻，能不做时绝对不做，可以拖时一定要拖。

　　病症等级：不治之症

　　Holiday syndrome³ 假期综合症

　　Holiday syndrome appears when people who just come back tio work from a break.It's caused by longtime TV wactching or internet surfing. It make one's back and waist sore。

　　症状：在长假过后，身心疲惫，心情烦躁，精力不集中，睡不好，吃不香，没有上课或上班的激情，但身体没有器质性病变。

　　病症等级：病情可控，为周一综合症的并发症

　　Prosopagnosia 脸盲症

　　Prosopagnosia is a disorder⁴ of face perception where the ability to recognize faces is impaired⁵, while the ability to recognize other objects may be relatively⁶ intact.

　　症状：患者看不清别人的脸；患者对别人的脸型失去辨认能力。 脸盲症；即便是熟人，也会形同陌路。

　　病症等级：不治之症

　　Premenstrual syndrome 经期综合症

　　Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) (also called PMT or premenstrual tension) is a collection of physical and emotional symptoms related to a woman's menstrual cycle.

　　症状：下腹部疼痛，常伴随有恶心、呕吐、腹泻等，严重的可出现面色苍白、手脚冰冷、冷汗淋漓等症状。

　　病症等级：病情可控，受个人情绪影响较大，可能会传染

　　Trypophobia 密集恐惧症

　　Trypophobia is an intense fear of the following things, which results in an all-over itchy feeling and general uneasyness. Lotus

　　seed pods, Crumpets, Pumice, Cavities in teeth, the Ampullae of Lorenzini in Sharks, Holes in concrete, Bug⁷ tunnels in wood, Enlarged pores of the skin, Aero Bars, Holes in walls caused by bullets, Bone marrow⁸, Wasps⁹' nest, Honeycomb, Bubbles in Dough¹⁰, Ant holes, Veins¹¹ in meat, Clusters of holes。

　　症状：对密集排列的相对小物体很敏感，感觉头晕，恶心，头皮发麻。几乎人人都有，程度因人而异。

　　病症等级：病情可控，可能传染

1 procrastination   

n.拖延，耽搁

参考例句：

• Procrastination is the father of failure. 因循是失败的根源。
• Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延就是浪费时间。

2 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

3 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。

4 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

5 impaired   

adj.受损的；出毛病的；有（身体或智力）缺陷的v.损害，削弱( impair的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Much reading has impaired his vision. 大量读书损害了他的视力。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• His hearing is somewhat impaired. 他的听觉已受到一定程度的损害。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

7 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

8 marrow   

n.骨髓；精华；活力

参考例句：

• It was so cold that he felt frozen to the marrow. 天气太冷了，他感到寒冷刺骨。
• He was tired to the marrow of his bones.他真是累得筋疲力尽了。

9 wasps   

黄蜂( wasp的名词复数 )； 胡蜂； 易动怒的人； 刻毒的人

参考例句：

• There's a wasps' nest in that old tree. 那棵老树上有一个黄蜂巢。
• We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. 我们不仅生活在对象蜘蛛或黄蜂这样的小虫的惧怕中，而且生活在对诸如飞蛾这样无害昆虫的惧怕中

10 dough   

n.生面团；钱，现款

参考例句：

• She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
• The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。

11 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》