托福词汇之“选择焦虑症choice anxiety”
有的人就是天生的纠结帝,小到中午吃饭去哪吃,大到毕业是要考研、出国还是工作都得苦思冥想一番,越想越迷茫。对于这些人来说,选择越多,焦虑越多;选择越难以取舍,焦虑越深。
Choice anxiety is induced by the need to choose between similar options and is increasingly being recognized as a problem for individuals.
当你面临太多相似的选择,无法决定的时候产生的焦虑感就叫“选择焦虑(choice anxiety)”,现在越来越多的人有这种困扰,“选择焦虑症”也越来越受到人们的重视。
Research on consumerism shows that shoppers experience increased anxiety when asked to choose from a greater number of similar products. In this case, a reduction of choices reduces anxiety and eases decision-making.
消费主义研究显示,面对的相似产品选择越多,购物者的选择焦虑就越严重。在这种情况下,减少现有选择的数量能够减轻焦虑并有助于购物者做决定。
For example:
I suffer from a terrible choice anxiety, even when I'm having a fanatastic time, because there is always something else I'm missing out on. Life was so much easier when there were fewer options.
我患有严重的选择焦虑症,即使我玩得很开心的时候,我也觉得烦躁,因为总有一些我错失了的东西。我想如果没有这么多选择的话,我的生活会轻松得多。