traumatize

verb
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪz/
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪz/, 🔊/ˈtraʊmətaɪz/
(British English also traumatise)
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they traumatize
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪz/
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪz/, 🔊/ˈtraʊmətaɪz/
he / she / it traumatizes
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪzɪz/
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪzɪz/, 🔊/ˈtraʊmətaɪzɪz/
past simple traumatized
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪzd/
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪzd/, 🔊/ˈtraʊmətaɪzd/
past participle traumatized
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪzd/
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪzd/, 🔊/ˈtraʊmətaɪzd/
-ing form traumatizing
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪzɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtrɔːmətaɪzɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈtraʊmətaɪzɪŋ/
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  1. traumatize somebody to shock and upset somebody very much, often making them unable to think or work normally使受精神创伤
    • He was so traumatized by the attack that he could not work for a year.这次袭击使他深受创伤,以致于一年无法工作。
    • We were traumatized by what we saw.我们所看到的景象令我们精神受创。