指身體或心理上因嚴重傷害或痛苦事件造成的深刻影響。
身體創傷
EN: a serious physical injury or wound
翻譯: 嚴重的身體損傷或傷口
心理創傷
EN: severe emotional shock and distress caused by a deeply disturbing experience
翻譯: 由極度令人不安的經歷所引起的嚴重情緒衝擊與痛苦
集體創傷
EN: a widespread psychological injury affecting a community or society
翻譯: 影響一個社群或社會的廣泛心理損傷
小提醒：注意：在醫學與日常對話中，'trauma' 常同時指身體傷害與心理創傷，需根據上下文判斷具體含義。
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1. a severe emotional shock and pain caused by an extremely upsetting experience
由極度令人不安的經歷所引起嚴重的情緒衝擊和痛苦
The survivors of the accident suffered deep psychological trauma.
事故的倖存者遭受了深層的心理創傷。
Childhood trauma can have lasting effects on a person's mental health.
童年創傷可能對一個人的心理健康產生持久的影響。
2. a serious injury to the body, such as from violence or an accident
對身體的嚴重傷害，例如來自暴力或事故
The patient was admitted to the hospital with severe head trauma.
病人因嚴重的頭部創傷被送入醫院。
The trauma team responded quickly to the multiple-car collision.
創傷小組對這起多車連環碰撞事故做出了快速反應。
3. a distressing or disturbing experience or event
令人痛苦或不安的經歷或事件
Losing her job was a real trauma for her and her family.
失去工作對她和她的家庭來說是一次真正的創傷。
The country is still recovering from the collective trauma of the war.
這個國家仍在從戰爭的集體創傷中恢復。
| Pattern | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| trauma + from + noun | 來自…的創傷 | The patient is still dealing with trauma from the accident. (病人仍在處理來自那場事故的創傷。) |
| trauma + of + noun/V-ing | …的創傷 | She described the trauma of losing her home. (她描述了失去家園的創傷。) |
| experience/suffer + trauma | 經歷/遭受創傷 | Many soldiers experience trauma during combat. (許多士兵在戰鬥中經歷創傷。) |
| cause/inflict + trauma | 造成創傷 | The violent event caused significant psychological trauma. (那起暴力事件造成了嚴重的心理創傷。) |
| heal from/overcome + trauma | 從創傷中痊癒/克服創傷 | It took years to heal from the childhood trauma. (從童年創傷中痊癒花了數年時間。) |
| emotional/psychological/physical trauma | 情感/心理/身體創傷 | The accident left him with both physical and emotional trauma. (那場事故給他留下了身體和情感上的創傷。) |
| past/childhood trauma | 過往/童年創傷 | His behavior may be linked to past trauma. (他的行為可能與過往的創傷有關。) |
from trauma, of trauma）。a traumatic event），或與動詞 be 連用作為述語（如 The experience was traumatic.）。
EN: She is still recovering from the trauma of the accident.
翻譯: 她仍在從事故造成的創傷中恢復。EN:The accident was a traumatic experience for everyone involved.
翻譯:那場事故對所有相關人士來說都是一次創傷性的經歷。
EN:Childhood trauma can have long-lasting effects.
翻譯:童年創傷可能產生長遠的影響。
EN:Witnessing the violence was deeply traumatic for the children.
翻譯:目睹暴力事件對孩子們造成了深層的創傷。
使用時，請根據你想表達的是「創傷本身」（名詞）還是「具有創傷性的」（形容詞）來選擇 trauma 或 traumatic。
trauma vs injury
trauma 強調事件造成的心理或生理衝擊與傷害，injury 則專指具體的身體損傷。
trauma vs shock
trauma 指事件造成的長期或深層傷害，shock 強調事件當下的震驚與衝擊狀態。
trauma vs stress
trauma 通常源於單一、極端且具威脅性的事件，stress 則泛指各種壓力，範圍較廣且程度不一。
在對話中，人們有時會引述他人或自己過去的說法，來談論創傷經歷或感受。 EN: She was like, "The trauma from the accident is still with me." 翻譯: 她當時說：「那次事故造成的創傷至今仍困擾著我。」
EN:He told me, "I don't think I've fully processed that childhood trauma."
翻譯:他告訴我：「我覺得我還沒完全消化那個童年創傷。」
在日常對話中，會使用一些口語詞或重複來強調創傷的嚴重性或普遍性。 EN: That experience was seriously traumatic, I'm not kidding. 翻譯: 那段經歷真的超有創傷性的，不騙你。
EN:Everyone has some kind of trauma, you know what I mean?
翻譯:每個人都有某種創傷啦，你懂我的意思嗎？
在談論敏感或沉重的創傷話題時，說話者常會使用填充詞或停頓來緩和語氣、整理思緒。 EN: So... my trauma, um, it makes it hard to trust people sometimes. 翻譯: 所以…我的創傷，嗯，有時候會讓我很難信任別人。
EN:Dealing with trauma is... well, it's a long journey, I guess.
翻譯:處理創傷是…那個，我想是一段漫長的旅程。
注意：以上口語用法（如引述、填充詞、語氣詞）在正式寫作（如學術報告、新聞文章）中應避免使用，應改用更精確、結構完整的句子來表達。
childhood trauma
noun + trauma
童年創傷
emotional trauma
adjective + trauma
情感創傷
physical trauma
adjective + trauma
身體創傷
trauma center
trauma + noun
創傷中心
to experience trauma
verb + trauma
經歷創傷
trauma response
trauma + noun
創傷反應
collective trauma
adjective + trauma
集體創傷
to heal from trauma
verb + from + trauma
從創傷中復原
×He has a trauma from the accident.
✓He has trauma from the accident.
在英文中，'trauma' 作為一種心理或身體傷害的狀態時，通常是不可數名詞，前面不加 'a'。
×The car crash was a very traumatic trauma.
✓The car crash was a very traumatic event.
'Trauma' 本身已指創傷性事件或傷害，與 'traumatic' 一起使用會造成語意重複。應改用更具體的名詞，如 'event', 'experience', 或 'incident'。
×I feel trauma when I think about it.
✓I feel traumatized when I think about it.
'Trauma' 是名詞，指傷害本身。要表達「感到創傷」的狀態，應使用形容詞 'traumatized' 或動詞 'traumatize' 的被動語態。
×She suffers traumas from her childhood.
✓She suffers from trauma from her childhood.
當泛指持續性或整體性的心理創傷時，'trauma' 通常作不可數名詞。'Traumas' 作為可數名詞時，較常指多個具體、離散的創傷事件，但此用法較不常見。一般表達長期影響時，用不可數形式。
×The physical trauma is more worse than emotional one.
✓The physical trauma is worse than the emotional one.
比較級 'worse' 本身已是 'bad' 的比較級，前面不應再加 'more'。同時，在比較時，第二個名詞前通常需要定冠詞 'the' 或指示代詞。