单词 | nervous breakdown |
释义 | > as lemmasnervous breakdown nervous breakdown n. sudden decline in mental health, esp. when resulting in inability to carry on normal activities; an instance of this; also in extended use and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > aboulia or psychasthenia neurasthenia1833 abulia1848 neuradynamia1848 neurastheny1849 tonelessness1873 aboulomania1883 psychoparesis1883 nervous breakdown1884 psychasthenia1900 1884 Longman's Mag. Christmas No. 73 Her husband was suddenly prostrated with some kind of nervous breakdown. 1933 W. B. Wolfe Nerv. Breakdown (1934) i. 2 In a nervous breakdown the whole personality declares a moratorium of normal activities, and both body and soul join in a cry for help. 2000 Daily Tel. 13 Dec. 26/3 This is..a ‘nervous breakdown’ of the railways. < as lemmas |
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