第1个回答 2022-06-26
As darker days approach, it's time to take seasonal depression seriously
随着天越来越黑，是时候认真对待季节性抑郁症了
"Melancholy occurs in autumn, whereas mania in summer," wrote the Greek philosopher Posidonius around 100BC. The ancient Greeks were well aware of the toll that winter darkness could take on mood, as were ancient Chinese and Indian societies.
大约在公元前 100 年，希腊哲学家波西多尼写道，“秋日忧郁，夏日狂躁”。古希腊人很清楚冬天的黑暗会影响人的情绪，古代中国和印度社会亦如此。
Though seasonal affective disorder (Sad) was only named in the 1980s, the effects on mood of "hideous winter" — Shakespeare wasn't much of a fan either — long predate it.
虽然季节性抑郁症（简称 Sad）在上世纪 80 年代才被正式命名，但是“狰狞的冬天”——莎士比亚也不怎么喜欢冬天——对情绪的影响早就存在了。
Anyone who gets Sad, or the winter blues, will be familiar with the dread that the change in seasons can bring. It comes around annually like clockwork, but this year presents extra challenges.
任何患有季节性抑郁症（又称“冬季抑郁症”）的人，都会熟悉季节变化所带来的恐惧。它每年准时到来，但今年的挑战格外严峻。
"Sad is a huge problem at the best of times, and this is not the best of times," said Norman Rosenthal, the doctor who named the disorder. He is concerned that people already suffering from the effects of a pandemic that has had a dire effect on mental health will find their unhappiness amplified during the coming shorter, darker days.
“即使在最好的情况下，季节性抑郁症也是一个大问题，而现在并不是最好的时候，”诺曼·罗森塔尔说道，他是命名了这项失调症的医生。今年的流行病已经给人们的心理健康带来严重影响，罗森塔尔担心在接下来日照越来越短的黑暗日子里，那些已经深受影响的人们会发现，他们的忧愁会愈发严重。
There are of course things we can all do to mitigate a lack of sunlight, from diet and exercise to spending as much time outdoors as possible. And it's recommended that people with Sad make their homes as light and airy as possible, when so many people live in dark, cramped housing with small windows that hardly open and no outdoor space.
从饮食、锻炼到尽可能多在户外活动，我们能做很多事情来缓解缺乏阳光的问题。另外，许多人都生活在黑暗、狭小的房子里，窄小的窗户几乎从不打开，也没有户外空间；建议患有季节性抑郁症的人们尽可能地使家中宽敞明亮、通风良好。
Society needs a radical shift if we are to tackle many of the structural reasons for poor mental health. But we can start by taking Sad seriously. It may be a long cold lonely winter, but the ice will melt, and the sun will come.***
如果我们要解决导致心理健康状况不佳的许多结构性原因，社会需要一个根本性的转变。但我们可以从认真对待季节性抑郁症开始做起。这可能是一个漫长、寒冷又孤单的冬天，但是冰雪终将融化，太阳总会出现。
主编：Raven
品控：毛西
审核：Felicity
重点词汇
take sth. seriously
认真对待，认真考虑
搭配短语：to take life seriously
例句：The kid takes himself too seriously.
melancholy
/ˈmel.əŋ.kɑː.li/
n. 忧郁，忧伤
英文释义：sadness that lasts for a long period of time, often without any obvious reason
例句：A mood of melancholy descended on me.
词性拓展：melancholy（adj. 忧郁的，忧伤的）
搭配短语：a melancholy piece of music
whereas
/werˈæz/
conj. 但是，尽管
例句：Lala is a morning person, whereas I am a night owl.
mania
/ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/
n. 狂躁，躁狂症；痴迷，狂热
近义词：obsession（n. 着迷）
例句：She has a mania for Lego.
相关词缀：-mania（痴迷于……）
例句：She has Legomania.
toll
/toʊl/
n. 损失，破坏
搭配短语：to take its toll on sth. / sb.
例句：Extreme pressure could take its toll on one's health.
hideous
/ˈhɪd.i.əs/
adj. 令人厌恶的，极丑的
英文释义：very ugly or unpleasant
搭配短语：a hideous dress
文化补充：For never-resting time leads summer on / To hideous winter and confounds him there.（选自莎士比亚的第五首十四行诗 Sonnet V。其中，莎翁把人的一生比作四季，在夏天绚烂绽放，在冬季凋零。）
predate
/ˌpriːˈdeɪt/
v. 早于……存在（或发生）
相关词汇：date（n. 日期）
词根词缀：pre-（表示“先于”）
例句：Bicycle is a mode of transportation that predates the car.
dread
/dred/
n. 恐惧，畏惧
例句：The thought of going back to work filled me with dread.
词性拓展：dread（v. 害怕，畏惧）
搭配短语：to dread doing sth.
例句：I was dreading going back to work.
come around
（亦作 come round）定期发生，像往常一样来临
英文释义：to happen at its usual time
例句：The end of the year comes around so quickly!
like clockwork
准时地，规律地
相关词汇：clockwork（n. 上发条的装置）
相关搭配：as regular as clockwork
例句：The subway in Shanghai runs like clockwork.
at the best of times
即使在最好的情况下
文化补充：It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.（节选自狄更斯的小说《双城记》的开头，大意是：这是最好的时代，这是最坏的时代。）
英文释义：even when everything is going well
例句：He's never very happy at the best of times.
pandemic
/pænˈdem.ɪk/
n. 大流行病
词义辨析：pandemic, epidemic
二者都可以表示“传染病，流行病”，但是传播的范围不同。简单来说，如果一个地区的 epidemic 蔓延到了世界各地，就成了 pandemic，意思是这场流行病已经到了全球性暴发的程度。
dire
/daɪr/
adj. 极其严重的
搭配短语：dire consequences
搭配短语：to be in dire need of sth.
amplify
/ˈæm.plə.faɪ/
v. 扩大，增强
近义词：increase
搭配短语：to amplify one's voice（扩大）
搭配短语：to amplify a signal（增强）
搭配短语：to amplify a point（强调）
mitigate
/ˈmɪt̬.ə.ɡeɪt/
v. 缓和，缓解
搭配短语：to mitigate poverty
搭配短语：to mitigate the effects of sth.
airy
/ˈer.i/
adj. 宽敞通风的
相关词汇：air（n. 空气）
搭配短语：to put the food in a cool and airy place
cramped
/kræmpt/
adj. 狭小的，拥挤的；（时间）紧张的
相关词汇：cramp（v. 限制……发展）
搭配短语：to cramp personal growth
例句：With so much furniture, the room seems cramped.
搭配短语：a cramped schedule
radical
/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/
adj. 彻底的，根本的；激进的，极端的
搭配短语：a radical innovation
搭配短语：radical views
tackle
/ˈtæk.əl/
v. 对付，处理
英文释义：to try to deal with something or someone
例句：There are many ways of tackling the problems in our life.