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London’s underground train system suffers from so much overcrowding that passengers have to "psyche" themselves up to cope with the stress of using it, according to a report on Tuesday.
倫敦地下鐵路系統深受嚴重擁擠之苦，以致乘客必須先自我「做好心理準備」，以應付搭乘地鐵時的壓力，根據週二的一篇報告指出。
A survey by the London Assembly’s Transport Committee found that 80 percent of travellers endured overcrowding which caused discomfort, while more than half were unable to board the first train at a station because it was packed.
倫敦議會的交通委員會所做的一項調查發現，80%的旅客忍受會造成不適的過度擁擠，而超過半數無法在車站搭上第一班列車，因為車上客滿。
The situation was so bad that "Tube" commuters had to prepare mentally themselves for their journey in order to cope, researchers found.
這個情況糟糕到「管子」（倫敦地鐵的比喻）的通勤族必須先為這趟車程做好心理調適，才能應付得了，研究人員發現。
Their methods included "psyching oneself up for the ’struggle to clamber on board,’" a "dog-eat dog or survival of the fittest attitude" or suspending usual behaviour such as going for a seat even if a pregnant woman or someone with a baby wanted it.
他們的方法包括「『為拚命上車』先做好自我心理建設」，以及「抱持損人利己或者適者生存的態度」，或者暫停諸如找座位等尋常的行為，即便是孕婦或帶著嬰兒的人想要有座位。
新聞辭典
psyche up︰片語，使心理上做好準備、使激動。例句︰He psyched himself up for the race.（他為賽跑做了充分的心理準備。）
cope with︰片語，應付、處理。例句︰There was more work than I could cope with.（工作多到我應付不來。）
dog-eat dog︰名詞，原指會狗咬狗的狗，此喻為損人利己的人。例句︰The financial sector is reputedly a brutal dog-eat-dog world.（據說金融業是一個狗咬狗的殘忍世界。）
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