托福词汇之“misophonia恐音症”

　　Do nails on a chalkboard make you cringe? Imagine if a sound could make youpanic or fly into a rage.

　　指甲划过黑板的声音是否让你难以忍受?或许有种声音会让你惊恐或者勃然大怒。

　　This is the case with misophonia -- a strong dislike or hatred of specificsounds.

　　这种情况就叫“恐音症”，也就是对于某种特定声音强烈的憎恶感。

　　Misophonia, also known as selective sound sensitivity syndrome, starts witha trigger. It could be an oral sound like whistle, or an annoying sound made bypeople like scratching a chalkboard with nails.

　　恐音症，也叫选择性声音敏感综合征，其实都是有个触发点的。这个触发点可能是某种口头发出的声音，比如，口哨声;也可能是人们制造出来的某种恼人的声音，比如用指甲划过黑板的声音。

　　When a person with misophonia is exposed to a sound in their trigger set,it results in an immediate negative emotional response. This response can rangefrom moderate discomfort to acute annoyance or go all the way up to full-fledgedrage and panic. While experiencing a trigger event, a person may becomeagitated, defensive or offensive, distance themselves from the trigger orpossibly act out and express anger or rage at the source of the offendingsound.

　　当患有恐音症的人听到那种让他们憎恶的声音时，会立即出现负面的情绪反应。这种负面情绪可能是一般的不适感，也可能是极度的焦躁，或者勃然大怒、极度恐慌。遇到触发他们恐音症的声音时，这些人可能会对这个声音来源表现出愤怒、防范、攻击或者疏远的举动。