英语新词:什么是“好友缺失症”？

 　　Mal de coucou is a phenomenon in which you have an activesocial life but very few close friends—people who you can trust,who you can be yourself with, who can help flush out the weirdpsychological toxins¹ that tend to accumulate over time—whichis a form of acute social malnutrition² in which even if you devouran entire buffet³ of chitchat, you'll still feel pangs⁴ of hunger.

　　Mal de coucou指社交活动很丰富但是没什么亲近好友的现象，没有你可以信任的人，没有可以展现真实自我的人，没有可以倾诉长期积压的内心苦水的人。这种现象属于严重的社交营养不良，就好像你跟人天南海北聊了一天，仍然渴望有人跟你说说话。

　　This expression is a loan term from French, in which coucou is an informal reference to a closefriend, while mal means pain of inadequacy⁵ of something.

　　这个表达来自于法语，coucou是对亲密朋友的非正式称呼，mal则指痛苦或缺失。总体来说，我们可以把mal de coucou理解为“好友缺失症”。

1 toxins   

n.毒素( toxin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. 海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
• Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body. 大部分毒素被自然排出体外。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 malnutrition   

n.营养不良

参考例句：

• In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
• It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。

3 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

4 pangs   

突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 )； 悲痛

参考例句：

• She felt sudden pangs of regret. 她突然感到痛悔不已。
• With touching pathos he described the pangs of hunger. 他以极具感伤力的笔触描述了饥饿的痛苦。

5 inadequacy   

n.无法胜任，信心不足

参考例句：

• the inadequacy of our resources 我们的资源的贫乏
• The failure is due to the inadequacy of preparations. 这次失败是由于准备不足造成的。