apoplexy
apoplexy
[ˈapəplɛksi]
(pl. -ies)
[mass noun]
[ˈapəplɛksi]
(pl. -ies)
[mass noun]
- (dated)unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral haemorrhage or stroke
(旧)中风，卒中
■(informal)incapacity or speechlessness caused by extreme anger
(非正式)（极度愤怒引起的）行为能力暂时丧失；因气愤而说不出话的状态
of all transport policies, road pricing seems most likely to cause apoplexy.
各项交通运输政策中，公路修建定价政策大概是最能把人气得说不出话来的。
- late Middle English : from Old French apoplexie, from late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplēxia, from apoplēssein 'disable by a stroke'
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