2022年3月30日 星期三

aphasia, dysphasia, his knowledge of Chinese is too weak



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Goldman Sachs was unable to name its co-head of investment banking in Asia as chief executive of its Beijing joint venture because his knowledge of Chinese was too weak, Bloomberg News reported, citinig people at the firm.


weak ━━ a. 弱い; 力のない; 弱々しい; (権威・根拠などが)薄弱な; 愚かな, 決断力に欠ける; 弱点がある, (能力が)劣った (~ point [side] 弱点); 不十分な; (溶液が)薄い; 【文法】弱変化の (~ verb 弱変化[規則]動詞); 【音声】(音が)アクセントのない, 弱い (~ form 弱形); 【商業】(市場が)弱気の, 軟調の, 下向きの.



a·pha·sia (ə-fā'zhə) pronunciation
n.
Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease.
[Greek, from aphatos, speechless : a-, not; see a–1 + phatos, spoken, speakable (from phanai, to speak; see –phasia).]
aphasiac a·pha'si·ac' (-zē-ăk') n.
aphasic a·pha'sic (-zĭk, -sĭk) adj. & n.

  • aphasia
  • 【名】 失語(症)◆【略】APH
  • aphasia syndrome
  • 失語症候群 {しつご しょうこうぐん}
  • aphasiac
  • 【名】 失語症 {しつごしょう} 者[の人] 【形】 《医》失語症 {しつごしょう} の

アメリカの俳優ブルース・ウィリスさん(67)が失語症との診断を受け、引退の意向。アクション映画「ダイ・ハード」の主人公役で人気を博し、「アルマゲドン」など数々のヒット作に出演しました。

Aphasia and dysphasia[edit]

Technically, dysphasia means impaired language and aphasia means lack of language. There have been calls to use the term 'aphasia' regardless of severity. Reasons for doing so include dysphasia being easily confused with the swallowing disorder dysphagia, consumers and speech pathologists preferring the term aphasia, and many languages other than English using a word similar to aphasia.[12] It would appear that the term "aphasia" is more commonly encountered in North America, while "dysphasia" is more frequently found in British literature.[13][14]



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