a set of physical conditions that show you have a particular disease or medical problem 綜合征;綜合症狀 PMS or premenstrual syndrome 經前綜合征 This syndrome is associated with frequent coughing. 這種綜合症與經常咳嗽有關。 This syndrome mostly affects women in their forties. 這種綜合症多出現在四十多歲的女性身上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- clinical
- Asperger’s
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- have
- suffer from
- develop
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- affect somebody
- be present in somebody
- occur
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a set of opinions or a way of behaving that is typical of a particular type of person, attitude or social problem 典型意見;典型表現 With teenagers, be prepared for the ‘Me, me, me!’ syndrome (= they think of themselves first). 跟青少年在一起,對他們那種凡事只想到 “我、我、我!” 的典型心理不要大驚小怪。 This phenomenon has become known as the ‘Californian syndrome’. 這種症狀稱作“加利福尼亞綜合徵”。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek sundromē, from sun- ‘together’ + dramein ‘to run’.