托福词汇之广场恐惧症

　　广场恐惧症又名广场恐怖症，是焦虑症的一种。特指在公共场合或者开阔的地方停留的极端恐惧，因为要逃离这种地方是不可能的，或者是会令人感到尴尬的。

　　Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situationswhere the sufferer perceives the environment to be dangerous, uncomfortable, orunsafe.

　　广场恐惧症是一种焦虑症，具体表现为在特定环境下感到危险、不适或不安。

　　These situations can include wide-open spaces, uncontrollable socialsituations, unfamiliar places, shopping malls, airports, and bridges.

　　这些环境包括露天场所、不受控的社交环境、陌生的地点、大型购物中心、机场和桥梁等。

　　The sufferers may go to great lengths to avoid those situations, in severecases becoming unable to leave their homes or safe havens.

　　广场恐惧症患者会不遗余力地避免出现在上述环境中。严重时甚至无法离开家或者安全区域。