a set of physical conditions that show you have a particular disease or medical problem 综合征;综合症状 PMS or premenstrual syndrome 经前综合征 This syndrome is associated with frequent coughing. 这种综合症与经常咳嗽有关。 This syndrome mostly affects women in their forties. 这种综合症多出现在四十多岁的女性身上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- clinical
- Asperger’s
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- have
- suffer from
- develop
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- affect somebody
- be present in somebody
- occur
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a set of opinions or a way of behaving that is typical of a particular type of person, attitude or social problem 典型意见;典型表现 With teenagers, be prepared for the ‘Me, me, me!’ syndrome (= they think of themselves first). 跟青少年在一起,对他们那种凡事只想到 “我、我、我!” 的典型心理不要大惊小怪。 This phenomenon has become known as the ‘Californian syndrome’. 这种症状称作“加利福尼亚综合徵”。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek sundromē, from sun- ‘together’ + dramein ‘to run’.