autism
autism — 名詞
1. a lifelong condition in how the brain develops, which often makes it harder for
自閉症
影響社交與溝通發展的腦部狀況
a lifelong condition in how the brain develops, which often makes it harder for a person to talk with others, read social signals, or change their daily routines, and may cause them to focus deeply on a small number of interests.
Liam was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old.
利亞姆在三歲時被診斷出自閉症。
passive: be diagnosed with autism
Children with autism may need extra time to make friends at school.
自閉症的孩子在學校可能需要更多時間才能交到朋友。
collocation: children/people with autism
Dr. Wu has spent twenty years studying how autism affects young brains.
吳醫師花了二十年研究自閉症如何影響幼兒的大腦。
subject: researcher; verb: study/research autism
The school opened a quiet classroom for students living with autism.
學校為患有自閉症的學生開設了一間安靜的教室。
phrase: living with autism
Many adults with autism describe loud crowds as painful and tiring.
許多自閉症的成年人形容吵雜的人群令人痛苦又疲憊。
- diagnosed with autism
- children with autism
- adults with autism
- living with autism
- signs of autism
- autism spectrum disorder
the formal clinical term, often shortened to ASD
- Asperger's syndrome
older label for one part of the spectrum; no longer a separate diagnosis in most countries
- neurotypical
describes a person whose brain develops in the way considered most common; used as a contrast, not a true opposite
文法句型
have/be diagnosed with autism
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable: 'children with autism', not 'an autism'. The phrase 'on the autism spectrum' or 'autism spectrum disorder (ASD)' is preferred in clinical writing because the condition shows in many different ways and degrees.
常見錯誤
同根字
- autistic形容詞B2
- autistically副詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- autism diagnosis
- autism research
- autism awareness
- autism spectrum
常用片語
- diagnosed with autism
- living with autism
- signs of autism
- children with autism
介系詞搭配
- with autism
- on the autism spectrum