英语新词：“新食物恐惧症”你有吗？

 　　Food neophobia is the fear of eating new or unfamiliar¹ foods.It differs from selective eating disorder².

　　“新食物恐惧症”是指害怕吃新的或不熟悉的食物。这与选择性饮食失调有所不同。

　　Food neophobia is particularly common in toddlers andyoung children. It is often related to an individual's level ofsensation-seeking, meaning a person's willingness to try newthings and take risks.

　　“新食物恐惧症”在婴幼儿身上尤为常见。这通常与一个人“寻求感官刺激”的程度有关。寻求感官刺激是指某人尝试新食物和冒险的意愿。

　　Food neophobia is a new field of study for researchers. They have no idea how many people sufferfrom it. It hasn't even been officially classified a disorder by the medical field, but it's starting tomore serious than previously³ thought.

　　对研究人员而言，“新食物恐惧症”仍是个新的领域。他们不清楚有多少人患有此症。“新食物恐惧症”甚至未被医学领域正式归为一种疾病，但这种症状开始变得比人们想象中的要更为严重。

　　Those high in food neophobia appear to associate many avoided foods with a sense of disgust.

　　新食物恐惧症高发人群想到要规避的食物，就不免心生厌恶。

1 unfamiliar   

adj.陌生的，不熟悉的

参考例句：

• I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
• The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。

2 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。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。