Meaning of efterchok | Babel Free

Definitions

aftershock, emotional distress some time after a traumatic event

Equivalents

Examples

“Jeg medgiver, at jeg oven i de hormonalt betingede humørsvingninger lider af efterchok, ligesom dengang jeg blev kastet af cyklen.”

I concede that, in addition to the hormonally conditional mood swings, I suffer from aftershock, like that time I was thrown off my bike.

“Måske var det et efterchok, som efter en skarp situation i Irak, men først nu begyndte hendes krop at ryste en smule af træthed og kulde, selv om der var varmt nok i sygehusets lange gang.”

Perhaps it was an aftershock, as after a sharp situation in Iraq, but it was not until now that her body began to shake a little from fatigue and cold, although it was warm enough in the long corridor of the hospital.

“Anette og Jeppe prøvede at tale Kristoffer op at stå igen, selv irritable af efterchok, men han blev trodsigt liggende på det hårde gulv.”

Anette and Jeppe tried to persuade Kristoffer to get back up on his feet, themselves irritable from aftershock, but he defiantly kept lying on the hard floor.

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