暴富症 突然发财症 | |
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财富得失三新词 Key Words sudden wealth syndrome Stress and anxiety caused by the sudden accumulation of unaccustomed wealth. 对突然积聚大量财富感到不习惯而产生精神上的压力和焦虑。 "Even the winners on the [Antiques Roadshow] are not delivered. On television we see only their whoops and blushes. Off the set, if given the chance, they will worry out loud about family squabbles, the cost of insurance, the threat of theft. They exhibit the same 'strange melancholy ... in the midst of their abundance'that Tocqueville noticed in 1831, the same strange melancholy of new billionaires in Silicon Valley diagnosed with 'Sudden Wealth Syndrome,' or lottery winners who descendsintosdysfunction." --"The Things We Carry," Harper's Magazine "连(古董巡回展览的)赢家们也得不到解脱。在电视上,我们仅仅看到他们说'哎哟'并且脸红。在私下,如果有机会,他们会大声表示对于家庭争吵、保险费用和可能遭盗窃的忧虑。他们在'富有之中'表现出的'奇异的忧思……',与托克维尔在1831年所说到的一模一样。就是硅谷被诊断为得了'突然发财症'的新亿万富翁或出现机能障碍的彩票中奖者的那种奇异的忧思。" --《我们背负的东西》(《哈泼斯》月刊) 注:托克维尔(1805-1859),法国开明政治家兼政治作家。其著作有《美国的民主》(1835年)和《旧制度与大革命》(1856年)等。 声明:《国际先驱导报》授权新浪网独家报道,未经许可,请勿转载。 | |