traumatize
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++trau·ma·tize (also traumatise British English) /ˈtrɔːmətaɪz, ˈtraʊ- $ ˈtraʊ-, ˈtrɒː-/ verb [transitive usually passive] SHOCKto shock someone so badly that they are affected by it for a very long time 使受精神创伤 He was traumatized by his war experiences. 战争经历使他的精神受到了创伤。 —traumatized adjective→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
traumatize• These children have been traumatized by the violence in their home.• In one fell swoop, the authors have denied the deeply traumatizing consequences of extreme verbal and emotional abuse.• To bite into the bitter, tannin-filled persimmon is a traumatizing experience.trau·ma·tize verbChineseSyllable
someone they to so badly that shock Corpus
traumatize
trau‧ma‧tize
(also traumatise British English) /ˈtrɔːmətaɪz, ˈtraʊ- $ ˈtraʊ-, ˈtrɒː-/ verb [transitive usually passive]
to shock someone so badly that they are affected by it for a very long time:
He was traumatized by his war experiences.
—traumatized adjective
trau‧ma‧tize
(also traumatise British English) /ˈtrɔːmətaɪz, ˈtraʊ- $ ˈtraʊ-, ˈtrɒː-/ verb [transitive usually passive]to shock someone so badly that they are affected by it for a very long time:
—traumatized adjective
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