shock to the system

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. something that has a sudden and usually unpleasant effect on someone. idiomatic
    — One former inmate, “Jason”, spoke of his stays in seven different institutions between the ages of 14 and 17. “At first it was a bit of a shock to the system not having your family around, and then I got used to it,” he said.

词形变化

shocks to the system plural
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