future shock
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈfjuː.tʃə ˌʃɒk/ us/ˈfjuː.tʃɚ ˌʃɑːk/
未来冲击,未来休克(指由于技术或社会的快速变化,一些人经历的问题或不舒服的感觉)
the problems or the uncomfortable feeling that some people experience as a result of very fast changes in technology or society
As computerization spreads across society, the populace at large is subjected to wave after wave of future shock. 随着电脑化在社会上的普及,广大民众感受了一波又一波的未来冲击。
Future shock refers to what happens when people are no longer able to cope with the pace of change. 未来冲击指的是人们再也无法应对变化的步伐这种情况。
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- The radically changed nature of the workplace thanks to the web has left some of us suffering future shock.
- The region won't prove flexible enough to cope with future shocks.
- I feel a real sense of disconnection to this world now. It used to be called "future shock".