shock therapy

短语

n. 休克疗法

词形变化

shock therapies 复数 shock therapies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine.

    不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    A government policy of a sudden release of price controls and immediate trade liberalization within a country.

    休克疗法

    非正式 不可数 金融
  3. 3.

    Synonym of electroconvulsive therapy.

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

shock treatment

上位词 2

treatment therapy

下位词 5

electroshock ECT electroconvulsive therapy electroshock therapy insulin shock therapy

词源

From shock + therapy. The medical sense first appears c. 1917 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

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