food hang-ups
Chinese translation: 在食物方面的心理障碍
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|  Selected response from: Denyce Seow Singapore Local time: 09:02 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | fear of food |
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| 3 +1 | 为食物而苦恼 |
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12 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1fear of food Explanation: Hang ups = slang. An unresolvable personal or emotional problem. Basically, in this text, it is another way of saying "his problems with food". Really, it is "fear of food" here but they used the word "hang ups" to avoid repeating the word fear. |
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5 hrs confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1为食物而苦恼 Explanation: hang-up (informal) = something which a person gets unusually worried about. (非正式)令人非常担忧的事情;苦恼 eg He's got a real hang-up about his appearance. 他为自己的外貌而苦恼. ���Ľ��״ʵ� |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1more references Explanation: I agree with Pina's definition of "hang-up". But I have 3 other references: Hang-up: 1. (informal) an emotional preoccupation 2. a psychological problem or obsession for 成为心理上的问题; 迷恋; 困扰 3. 使...精神不安 is what my dic says. So how about 食物上的心理问题?? Maybe someone can come up with a better Chinese term for this. :) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs 56 mins (2003-12-20 13:36:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 怪癖 = eccentric behavior or habit. Hmm.... it makes sense but somehow I feel it is not exactlyyyyyyyy what it means here. How about 对食物的心理障碍???? |
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