英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2023/05/15 05:30◎陳成良

Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic.

美國醫務總監週二在宣布最新公共衛生流行病時表示，美國普遍存在的孤獨問題，造成的健康風險與每天吸十幾支香菸一樣致命，每年造成衛生行業數十億美元損失。

About half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy said in an 81-page report from his office.

維維克‧穆爾蒂博士在其辦公室發布的一份81頁報告中說，大約一半美國成年人表示他們經歷過孤獨。

“We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience. It’s like hunger or thirst. It’s a feeling the body sends us when something we need for survival is missing,” Murthy told The Associated Press in an interview.

「我們現在知道，孤獨是許多人都會經歷的一種普遍感受。就像飢餓或口渴，那是一種當我們缺少生存所需時，身體給我們的一種感覺」，穆爾蒂接受美聯社採訪時說。

Research shows that Americans, who have become less engaged with worship houses, community organizations and even their own family members in recent decades, have steadily reported an increase in feelings of loneliness. The number of single households has also doubled over the last 60 years.

研究顯示，近數十年來美國人越來越少地與宗教場所、社區組織、甚至自己的家人打交道，他們的孤獨感持續增長，在過去的60年裡，單人家庭的數量也翻倍。

新聞辭典

pose：動詞，造成，引起（尤指問題或困難）。例句：Poverty poses a threat to global security.（貧窮對全球安全構成威脅。）

epidemic：名詞，（地方性）流行病；（流行病）傳播；流行，例句：The epidemic continues to spread uncontrollably.（這個流行病繼續無法控制地傳染著。）

英倫翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1583036