单词 | future shock |
释义 | future shock in American English US the inability to cope with the rapid and myriad changes of modern society, or the distress resulting from this Word origin after the book Future Shock (1970) by A. Tofflerfuture shock in American Englishnoun 1. physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change 2. any overload of a person's or an organization's capacity for adaptation or decision making Word origin [on the model of culture shock; popularized by a book of the same title (1970) by Alvin Toffler (1928–2016), U.S.journalist] |
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