shocks

英 [ʃɒks]

美 [ʃɑːks]

n.  震惊; 惊愕; 令人震惊的事; 休克; (由爆炸、地震等引起的)剧烈震动，剧烈震荡
v.  使震惊; 使惊愕; 使气愤; 使厌恶
shock的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 震惊;惊愕;令人震惊的事
  If you have ashock, something suddenly happens which is unpleasant, upsetting, or very surprising.
  1. The extent of the violence came as a shock...
     暴力程度令人震惊。
  2. He has never recovered from the shock of your brother's death...
     他从未从你哥哥去世的打击中恢复过来。
  3. It was quite a shock to see my face on that screen!
     从那个屏幕上看到我的脸，真让人惊愕不已。
• N-UNCOUNT (身心受到的)打击，震惊
  Shockis a person's emotional and physical condition when something very frightening or upsetting has happened to them.
  1. The little boy was speechless with shock...
     那小男孩惊得说不出话来。
  2. She's still in a state of shock.
     她仍惊魂未定。
• N-UNCOUNT 休克
  If someone isin shock, they are suffering from a serious physical condition in which their blood is not flowing round their body properly, for example because they have had a bad injury.
  1. He was found beaten and in shock...
     发现他被打得休克了。
  2. They escaped the blaze but were rushed to hospital suffering from shock.
     他们逃离了火海,却因休克而被迅速送往医院。
• VERB 使震惊;使惊愕;打击
  If somethingshocksyou, it makes you feel very upset, because it involves death or suffering and because you had not expected it.
  1. After forty years in the police force nothing much shocks me...
     在警队呆了 40 年后，我对什么都见怪不怪了。
  2. Relief workers were shocked by what they saw.
     救援人员被眼前的景象惊呆了。
• VERB (因行为粗鲁或不道德而)使不快，使气愤，使厌恶，使反感
  If someone or somethingshocksyou, it upsets or offends you because you think it is rude or morally wrong.
  1. You can't shock me...
     我不会被你激怒的。
  2. They were easily shocked in those days...
     在那个年代，他们动不动就对一些事情看不顺眼。
  3. We were always trying to be creative and to shock.
     那时我们总是想搞点儿新意，以求惊世骇俗。
• ADJ (通告、事件等)令人惊愕的，令人震惊的
  Ashockannouncement or event is one which shocks people because it is unexpected.
  1. ...the shock announcement that she is to resign.
     她将要辞职的惊人声明
  2. ...a shock defeat.
     令人震惊的落败
• N-COUNT (对经济、传统、生活方式的)冲击，撞击
  Ashockis something sudden and unexpected that threatens the economy, traditions, or way of life of a group of people.
  1. This is the latest in a series of shocks to the Scandinavian banking system.
     这是一系列对斯堪的纳维亚银行系统的冲击中最近的一次。
  2. ...the economic pain of two oil shocks.
     两次原油冲击下的经济萧条
• N-VAR 冲击力
  Ashockis the force of something suddenly hitting or pulling something else.
  1. Steel barriers can bend and absorb the shock.
     钢制栅栏可以弯曲并能吸收冲击力。
• 触电;电击
  Ashockis the same as anelectric shock.
• N-COUNT 减震器
  Ashockis ashock absorber.
  1. Do you think I need new shocks?
     你认为我需要换新的减震器吗？
• N-COUNT 浓密的一堆(头发)
  Ashock ofhair is a very thick mass of hair on a person's head.
  1. ...a very old priest with a shock of white hair.
     满头白发、年事已高的神父
• See also:shockingculture shockelectric shockshell shock
• 从速严惩
  Ashort, sharp shockis a punishment that is fairly harsh and severe but only lasts for a short time.

双语例句

• This makes the economy vulnerable to external shocks such as oil price increases and capital flow reversals.
  因而印度经济容易受到油价上涨和资本流动逆转等外部冲击的影响。
• The dish is still whole in spite of all the shocks.
  尽管受了很多震动，盘子仍然完好无损。
• As each year goes by, you accumulate economic shocks, shocks to your human capital, shocks to what you own as you get older.
  随着年龄增长，你不断遭受经济冲击，对人力资本的冲击，当你一天天长大，你一天天遭受冲击。
• New diseases are global threats to health that also cause shocks to economies and societies.
  新的疾病造成全球范围的健康威胁，同时也冲击着经济和社会。
• Such risks were catalysed by external shocks that disrupted market functioning.
  外部冲击破坏了市场的正常运行，也催化了这些风险。
• A more divided world economy could make 2011 a year of damaging shocks.
  更为分裂的世界经济有可能让2011年荣膺极具破坏效果的震惊之年。
• Don't use cold water as it shocks the blood vessels into closing up.
  不要用冷水，那样会刺激血管闭合。
• Economic history is the history of shocks and their management.
  经济史就是经济冲击和管理冲击的历史。
• We Chinese will experience cultural shocks if we study abroad and live in another country.
  我们中国将经历文化冲击，如果我们出国留学和生活在另一个国家。
• The financial crisis has already become global as financial links transmitted US shocks globally.
  由于金融联系将美国的震荡传送到世界各地，金融危机已经成为全球性问题。