2012_06_05 apoplectic adj. 不夠激烈，威脅或導致中風。

Word of the Day for Tuesday, June  5, 2012
apoplectic \ap-uh-plek-tik\, adjective:
1. Intense enough to threaten or cause a stroke.
2. Of or pertaining to apoplexy.
3. Having or inclined to apoplexy.
noun:
1. A person having or predisposed to apoplexy.
When Abie used to shout, Rebecca always used to make a joke that he was having one of his apoplectic fits.
 -- Alan Grayson, Mile End
...four years, one recession and a host of battles — over financial regulation and the nomination of Elizabeth Warren, over Dodd-Frank and the Buffett Rule — have taken their toll. Some on Wall Street are apoplectic. One former supporter, Dan Loeb, compared Obama to Nero; the president’s enemies insinuated worse.
 -- Nicholas Confessore, "Obama’s Not-So-Hot Date With Wall Street", The New York Times Magazine, May 2, 2012
Apoplectic stems from the Greek word apoplēktikós which meant "pertaining to stroke". It literally meant "struck down".
中風\ AP-UH-plek狄\，形容詞：

1。不夠激烈，威脅或導致中風。
2。或有關中風。
3。擁有或傾向於中風。

名詞：
1。有一個人或易患中風。

當Abie喊，麗貝卡總是用一個玩笑，他有他的一個中風配合。
- 艾倫·格雷森，完哩

......四年來，經濟衰退和一系列的戰鬥 - 對金融監管和多德 - 弗蘭克和巴菲特的規則，伊麗莎白·沃倫的提名 - 已採取他們的通行費。華爾街一些是中風。前者的支持者之一，丹·勒布，到Nero相比，奧巴馬總統的敵人含沙射影更糟。
- 尼古拉斯Confessore，“奧巴馬與華爾街不那麼熱的日期”，“紐約時報雜誌”，5月2日，2012年

這意味著“有關中風”從希臘字apoplēktikós的中風莖。它的字面意思，“打倒”。

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