Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
acting out
Chinese translation:
抓狂/发飚
English term
acting out
Nurse Mildred Ratched (possibly a play on the word 'wretched') is a fictional character from Ken Kesey's 1962 novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". She was portrayed by Louise Fletcher in the 1975 film version in an Academy Award-winning role.
A cold, sadistic tyrant obsessed with her own power, Nurse Ratched has become synonymous with the stereotype of the nurse as a "battleaxe." She has also become a popular metaphor for the corrupting influence of power and authority in bureaucracies such as the mental institution in which the novel is set.
Nurse Mildred Ratched is the head administrative nurse at the Salem, Oregon State (Mental) Hospital, where she exercises near-absolute power over the patients' access to medications, privileges, and basic necessities such as food and toiletries. She capriciously revokes these privileges whenever a patient displeases her. Her superiors turn blind eyes because she maintains order, keeping the patients from {acting out} (either through antipsychotic and anticonvulsant drugs or her own brand of "therapy", which consists mostly of humiliating patients into doing her bidding). Her greatest success is with the stuttering, suicidal Billy Bibbit, who is so terrified of her that he does whatever she says.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_Ratched
3 | 任性行为,任意之举,使性子 | Shaunna (X) |
5 +2 | 表现不好;(因疾病发作而)失控 | orientalhorizon |
4 | 行為反常 | Guei Lin |
3 | 情緒及行為失控 | pkchan |
Jun 28, 2007 03:17: orientalhorizon changed "Language pair" from "English to Chinese" to "Chinese to English"
Jun 28, 2007 03:18: orientalhorizon changed "Language pair" from "Chinese to English" to "English to Chinese"
Jun 28, 2007 13:58: Wenjer Leuschel (X) Created KOG entry
Jun 29, 2007 04:08: Wenjer Leuschel (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/73066">Wenjer Leuschel (X)'s</a> old entry - "acting out"" to ""抓狂""
Proposed translations
任性行为,任意之举,使性子
One definition of "act out" from Merriam-Webster:
2 : to express (as an impulse or a fantasy) directly in overt behavior without modification to comply with social norms
intransitive verb : to behave badly or in a socially unacceptable often self-defeating manner especially as a means of venting painful emotions (as fear or frustration)
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-06-27 13:29:55 GMT)
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As for tuning the Chinese expression, I believe you can do a better job than I can.
任性而为?
In this sense, the Chinese term should be tuned further. |
情緒及行為失控
Time 時間. 情緒及行為失控的發展階段. Stages of Acting-Out Behavior. 老師在不同階段的工作. 建立關係 適時介入 評估情況: 緩急輕重 課後跟進事件 ...
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「你知道你應付問題的方式,會有甚麼後果? 」 鼓勵學生為自己的行為負責任. 情緒及行為失控的發展階段. Stages of Acting-Out Behavior. 老師在不同階段的工作 ...
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認知行為治療. 假設︰. 人願意改變; 人能夠改變; 思想能改變情緒及行為. 改善認知 ... 放縱情緒 ACTING OUT. 在壓力下不顧別人感受地表現出焦躁失控,甚至訴諸暴力。 ...
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行為反常
表现不好;(因疾病发作而)失控
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Note added at 26 mins (2007-06-27 05:32:15 GMT)
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通俗地说就是“发疯”。
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-06-27 09:56:02 GMT)
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或者换个更老百姓的说法,就是不老实、不听话。
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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2007-06-28 09:50:41 GMT)
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I did saw a movie on similar topic, I am not quite whether it is an American or Canadian one. The doctor therein is very very cruel, and mental patients are actually tortured, not treated. Any inpatient who doesn't behave would be subdued finally by using some horrendous measures.
Now I found out the botton to add note to you. The explanations from other peers have shed some light on this matter. I will need a proper Chinese wording, less emotional judgement. By the way, have you seen the movie or read the book? A pretty good one for knowing what would happen when people are pushed to the wall. |
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Shirley Lao
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thanks a lot
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Huijun Suo
: To act out whatever ideas in their mind, fantasies, idiosyncrasies, etc., to do whatever they feel free to do.
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thanks a lot
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