英语词汇学习：看球赛时的“球迷综合症”

 　　If you are an avid¹ soccer fan, then you’ll be well aware of all the tense, nail-biting feelings that mysteriously occur when your team has a match. You’re in the dying minutes, your strikers have missed chance after chance, and the opposition² is now threatening with a counter attack. As they pile on the pressure your club is hanging on by the skin of its teeth, you experience all the nerves of the world stacked onto your shoulders, and you are quite literally³ on the edge of your seat.

　　如果你是位热心球迷，那么当你支持的球队有比赛时，那些莫名出现的紧张情绪你就不会不理解了。到了加时赛的最后一刻，你们队的前锋却总是错失良机，而此时对方开始发起反攻了。赛场上剑拔弩张气氛凝重的时候，你所在地球迷俱乐部也在跟他们一道咬牙坚持。你感觉世界上所有的精神压力都压在了你的肩上，你在焦急不安地等待着。

　　This experience has a name: soccer fan syndrome⁴. Research found that many soccer fans suffer increased heart rate, decreased concentration levels, sweaty hands, and mild nausea⁵ when they are watching soccer matches.

　　这种焦虑的体验叫做“球迷综合征”。研究发现，很多球迷在观看比赛时都会表现出心率加快，注意力下降，手心出汗，以及轻微恶心等症状。

1 avid   

adj.热心的；贪婪的；渴望的；劲头十足的

参考例句：

• He is rich,but he is still avid of more money.他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。
• She was avid for praise from her coach.那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

4 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

5 nausea   

n.作呕，恶心；极端的憎恶(或厌恶)

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕期常有恶心的现象。
• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。