hyperkinesia
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[hahy-per-ki-nee-zhuh]
【醫】運動機能亢進的
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–noun
1. Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
2. Psychiatry. a disorder occurring in children and adolescents, characterized by excessive activity, extreme restlessness, impulsivity, and a short attention span.
Also, hyperkinesis
hyperkinetic, adjective
Of course, the hyperkinetic Assayas style has almost nothing in common with Rohmer's understated understatement. Rather, Assayas has a showy facility for long, fluid takes and complicated ensemble acting. Shot vérité-style in Super-16, Late August, Early September exults in this.
The elliptical opening sequences, mainly hectic handheld close-ups, introduce a surplus of characters and material. Much of the action thereafter is disconcertingly oblique and brusque—albeit softened and distanced by African musician Ali Farka Toure's elusive fretted-instrument score.
brusque
–adjective
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his [un]expected return.
Also, brusk.
(verbally) incontinent
constipation (emotionally) constipated
Bureaucr[atic] [red tape] can constipate the operations of any government agency.
cf. consummate
[That night] at the beachhouse they consummated their [marriage].
confabulation (confabulate, informally)
capitulate (and agree)
his studio had capitulated [to] Fox "for the benefit of the industry."
(Brad Pitt) cavalcade cf. facade
a salvo (of cheering)
dyslexia
anorexia bulimia hyperkinesia
Fray
- Oct 25 Sat 2008 14:50
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