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英语新词：“新食物恐惧症”你有吗？

时间：2016-12-05 04:16:29

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 　　Food neophobia is the fear of eating new or unfamiliar1 foods.It differs from selective eating disorder2.

　　“新食物恐惧症”是指害怕吃新的或不熟悉的食物。这与选择性饮食失调有所不同。
　　Food neophobia is particularly common in toddlers andyoung children. It is often related to an individual's level ofsensation-seeking, meaning a person's willingness to try newthings and take risks.
　　“新食物恐惧症”在婴幼儿身上尤为常见。这通常与一个人“寻求感官刺激”的程度有关。寻求感官刺激是指某人尝试新食物和冒险的意愿。
　　Food neophobia is a new field of study for researchers. They have no idea how many people sufferfrom it. It hasn't even been officially classified a disorder by the medical field, but it's starting tomore serious than previously3 thought.
　　对研究人员而言，“新食物恐惧症”仍是个新的领域。他们不清楚有多少人患有此症。“新食物恐惧症”甚至未被医学领域正式归为一种疾病，但这种症状开始变得比人们想象中的要更为严重。
　　Those high in food neophobia appear to associate many avoided foods with a sense of disgust.
　　新食物恐惧症高发人群想到要规避的食物，就不免心生厌恶。

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1 unfamiliar uk6w4     
adj.陌生的，不熟悉的
参考例句：
  • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
2 disorder Et1x4     
n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调
参考例句：
  • When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
  • It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
3 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。