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electroshock

/ih-lek-truh-shok/US // ɪˈlɛk trəˌʃɒk //

电击,电击术,电休克,电击法

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : electroconvulsive therapy.
    • : shock.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Psychiatry. to administer electroconvulsive therapy to.
    • : to pass an electric current through.

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Examples

  • One is accused of assaulting Fanone with an electroshock weapon, one is charged with trying to steal his firearm and a third is accused of taking his badge and radio.

  • There was his teenage electroshock therapy, for one thing (it failed to cure his bisexuality—go figure).

  • Beth Dawes (Alexis Bledel) underwent electroshock therapy to cast off the gray clouds surrounding her.

  • He wasn't interested in talking about the electroshock or waterboarding he was subjected to in prison.