Gore vidal once called america the united states of amnesia .
卡尔维达尔曾把美国称作健忘的美国。
People suffering from amnesia typically cannot recall their own name or identity .
有健忘症的人经常不记得他们的名字或身分。
We tend to think that a person who is a complete victim of amnesia is still the same person as before .
我们倾向于认为,一个彻底的健忘症患者,他与以前没有患病时仍然是同一个人。
It seemed to me an image of amnesia public and private .
这似乎给了我一个失忆症的印象,公开的和隐秘的。
What did we learn at the start of the last century that we then disregarded either through amnesia or hubris ?
我们在上世纪初汲取的、随后又因健忘或自大对之视而不见的教训是什么?
The answer , at a fundamental level , is that we 're paying the price for willful amnesia .
在根本的层面上,答案就是:这是我们为率性健忘所付出的代价。
Given the state of residential property around the rich world , perhaps the victims are suffering from post-traumatic amnesia .
考虑到富裕世界各地住宅类房地产的形势,或许这些受害者们正在经历创伤后的失忆症吧。
People with amnesia usually can understand written and spoken words and can learn skills such as bike riding or piano playing .
失忆症患者通常能够理解所写和所说的单词,而且能够学习诸如骑自行车或弹钢琴等技能。
Doctors diagnosed her with a rare form of sudden memory loss known as transient global amnesia , or tga .
医生对她的临床诊断为tga,即短时性完全失忆症,一种罕见突发性记忆丧失症。
James holland 's comprehensive and readable history of the battle of britain exemplifies the particular british blend of amnesia and nostalgia that the war arouses .