时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2006年


英语课

Outrageous 1 shopping bills are a familiar nightmare for many compulsive shoppers. And contrary to popular opinion, men suffer that nightmare nearly as often as women. A new survey finds that both genders 2 are almost equally likely to suffer compulsive buying disorder 3, a condition marked by uncontrollable, unnecessary and unaffordable shopping sprees.

Researchers used to estimate that between 2 and 16 percent of the US population suffered compulsive buying disorder, and that 90 percent of sufferers were female. But a 2004 telephone survey of more than 2500 American adults found that 6 percent of women and about 5.5 percent of men are compulsive shoppers; that's more than 1 in 20 adults.

The sexes do not shop at the same aisles 4 though. Experts say that women are more likely to binge-buy things like clothes or gifts for other people while men tend to buy expensive electronics. This survey is the first to find such a high number of compulsive shoppers in the general population.

Study authors hope that this finding can convince doctors of how many people are hurt by the disorder, so they can make finding a cure a priority.

With this Medical Minute, I'm Bill Blakemore, in New York.

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spree:a short period that you spend doing only one activity, especially something enjoyable such as spending money or drinking alcohol 狂欢



1 outrageous
adj.无理的,令人不能容忍的
  • Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
  • Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。
2 genders
n.性某些语言的(阳性、阴性和中性,不同的性有不同的词尾等)( gender的名词复数 );性别;某些语言的(名词、代词和形容词)性的区分
  • There are three genders in German: masculine, feminine and neuter. 德语中有叁性:阳性、阴性和中性。 来自辞典例句
  • Japan was fourth among the genders of foreign students. 日本在二十个留美学生输送地中列第四位。 来自互联网
3 disorder
n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调
  • When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后,他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
  • It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
4 aisles
n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊
  • Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期,原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
  • They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他们走到大教堂的走廊附近,并且很快就坐了下来。
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