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  4. existential crisis

existential crisis

/ɛɡˌzɪsˈtɛnʃəl ˈkɹaɪsɪs/
存在危機

She had an existential crisis after graduating and not knowing what to do with her life.

毕业后不知道人生方向,她陷入了存在危机。


正式

因对生命意义、目标或存在本身产生深刻怀疑而引发的心理状态,常伴有焦虑、迷茫或沮丧。

Many young adults experience an existential crisis when they realize they've been chasing societal expectations rather than their own dreams.

当意识到自己是在追逐社会期望而非个人梦想时,许多年轻人会陷入存在危机。

His existential crisis led him to question the purpose of his career and relationships.

存在危机促使他质疑职业和人际关系的意义。

常用于描述对人生意义、死亡、自由或孤独等抽象概念的深层焦虑,不同于一般的压力或沮丧。

搭配

have an existential crisis陷入存在危机suffer from existential crisis遭受存在危机overcome an existential crisis克服存在危机

同义词

midlife crisisidentity crisisexistential dreadexistential angst

反义词

existential fulfillmentlife affirmation

相关短语

existentialismword
存在主义(一种哲学流派)
search for meaning短语
寻找意义
the meaning of life短语
人生意义

专业提示

避免误用场景

‘存在危机’强调对生命意义的哲学性反思,而非日常的压力或失望。例如:✅ ‘毕业后他陷入存在危机’(正确,涉及人生方向);❌ ‘工作太累了,我陷入存在危机’(错误,应改为‘压力山大’)。

黄金法则

区分‘存在危机’与‘抑郁症’

存在危机通常是对生命意义的短暂哲学性反思,而抑郁症是持续的心理疾病。存在危机可通过自我反思、心理咨询等方式缓解,但抑郁症需专业治疗。

词源

组合词:existential(存在的,来自拉丁语existentia,意为‘存在’)+ crisis(危机,来自希腊语krisis,意为‘决定或转折点’)。整体概念在20世纪初由哲学家如索伦·克尔凯郭尔(Søren Kierkegaard)和让-保罗·萨特(Jean-Paul Sartre)等人的存在主义哲学中发展而来。

用法说明

1. 多用于正式或心理讨论场景,避免在非正式对话中滥用;2. 可缩写为‘existential’(如‘an existential moment’),但完整形式更常见;3. 与‘midlife crisis’(中年危机)相关但不完全相同,后者更侧重年龄阶段的焦虑。

单词拆解

existential
与存在或生命意义相关的
adjective
+
crisis
危机或转折点
noun
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