第406期:当妈妈很幸福?那你是不知道她们究竟有多抑郁

 　　New Words:

　　exhausted¹ adj. 疲惫的；耗尽的

　　diminutive² adj. 小的，小型的，微小的

　　headlock n. 摔跤中的夹头,锁头

　　hostage n. 人质；抵押品

　　voodoo n. 伏都教（一种西非原始宗教）；伏都教徒

　　visceral adj.出于本能的；发自肺腑的；

　　tedious adj. 沉闷的；冗长乏味的

　　deplete³ vt. 耗尽，用尽；使衰竭，使空虚

　　disservice n. 伤害；帮倒忙的行为；不亲切的行为；虐待

　　I love my daughter. I don't always love being a mother.

　　我爱我的女儿。我并不总是喜欢做一个母亲。

　　I'm exhausted most days. The bulk of the games my 2-year-old demands I play are so boring that I could cry. She's diminutive, but still puts me in a firm headlock when I try to leave her room each night. Getting her into the bath is practically a hostage negotiation⁴. And that look she gives me when she dumps her dinner on the floor — what is that? I swear it's voodoo.

　　我大部分时间都很累。我2岁的孩子要求我玩的游戏实在是太无聊以至于我都快哭了。小小的她，每当我试图每晚离开她房间时，都会把我牢牢地锁在怀里。把她送进浴室实际上是人质谈判。当她把晚餐倒在地板上时，她给了我的表情——那是什么？我发誓那是一张巫毒脸。

　　Loving Atika is visceral, chemical, exquisite⁵. But raising her can be tedious and depleting⁶. If we suggest being a mother means we must be joyful⁷ all, or even most, of the time, we do all mothers a disservice. Motherhood is remarkably⁸ difficult. Acknowledging that and taking care of our mental health is as important as taking care of our babies.

　　爱孩子（迪卡）是本能的，难以抑制的，强烈的。但是抚养她真的很乏味，感觉快被掏空一般。如果说做一个母亲，意味着我们必须在所有的时候，甚至在大多数时候都是快乐的，那么这对于所有母亲来说，无意会造成伤害。当妈妈真的很难。承认和顾及我们的心理健康和照看我们的孩子一样重要。

1 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

2 diminutive   

adj.小巧可爱的，小的

参考例句：

• Despite its diminutive size,the car is quite comfortable.尽管这辆车很小，但相当舒服。
• She has diminutive hands for an adult.作为一个成年人，她的手显得非常小。

3 deplete   

v.弄空，排除，减轻，减少...体液，放去...的血

参考例句：

• Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。
• Elastic collisions deplete very little of the electron's energy.弹性碰撞中电子减少的能量非常少。

4 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

5 exquisite   

adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的

参考例句：

• I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
• I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。

6 depleting   

使大大的减少，使空虚( deplete的现在分词 )； 耗尽，使枯竭

参考例句：

• Regulations are outlawing certain refrigerants, such as chlorofluorocarbons, which contain ozone-depleting chemicals. 随后出台的政策禁用了部分制冷剂，如破坏臭氧层的氟氯碳化合物。
• Aging, being a series of continual losses, can be keenly depleting. 老龄化，作为一个系列的连续亏损，可以清楚地消耗。

7 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。

8 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。