Loneliness increases the risk of a heart attack or stroke by almost a third, according to research.
研究顯示，孤獨(dú)會(huì)使人患上心臟病或中風(fēng)的幾率提高近1/3。

The effect of social isolation is similar to that of anxiety or work-related stress.
社交孤立的影響類似于焦慮癥或工作壓力。

Campaigners recently called for urgent action to tackle the 'silent epidemic' of loneliness among the elderly. More than half of over-75s live alone – and about 1 million Britons are thought to suffer loneliness.
最近，英國(guó)一些活動(dòng)人士呼吁盡快行動(dòng)起來(lái)，應(yīng)對(duì)老年人中的“無(wú)聲流行病”---孤獨(dú)寂寞。英國(guó)75歲以上的老人中，超過(guò)一半獨(dú)居。據(jù)稱大約100萬(wàn)英國(guó)人感到孤獨(dú)。

'Loneliness is becoming a silent epidemic in our society. It's the responsibility of our community as a whole to tackle it.'
一位活動(dòng)人士說(shuō)，“孤獨(dú)寂寞已經(jīng)成為英國(guó)的無(wú)聲流行病，全社會(huì)都應(yīng)為此承擔(dān)起責(zé)任?！?/p>

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