【amnesia】 - A-level备考词汇

amnesia

UK:  [æmˈniːziə]

US:  [æmˈniʒə]

n.

1.【病】失忆症

1 . If someone you know has symptoms of amnesia, don't hesitate to help the person get medical attention.
如果你认识这样的人，尽早帮他找个大夫看看。

2 . The president, in his selective amnesia, would have voters believe that everything good about Brazil dates from his election in 2002.
像患有选择性失忆一样，卢拉总统会让选民相信，巴西美好的一切均始于其2002年当选总统。

3 . One thing she did recall: Her amnesia had started right after having sex with her husband just an hour before.
仅能回忆起的一件事是：她的失忆是在一个小时以前和她丈夫做爱之后发生的。

4 . Doctors diagnosed her with a rare form of sudden memory loss known as transient global amnesia, or TGA.
医生对她的临床诊断为TGA，即短时性完全失忆症，一种罕见突发性记忆丧失症。

5 . Ho would not listen, or seemed to suffer from a sudden amnesia and appeared to have completely forgotten where he was born.
他像不愿意听，又像突然得了健忘症完全忘了他的出生地。