So wasting is basically an acute form malnutrition when your muscle and fat waste away.

消瘦是一种当身体消耗完肌肉和脂肪时所经历的急性营养不良症状。

He has the collection mania in its most acute form—and especially on this subject, on which he is an acknowledged authority.

他有最严重的收藏狂——尤其是在这个问题上， 他是公认的权威。

The mental disease that we call paranoia is only a slightly more acute form of this normal but dysfunctional state of consciousness.

我们称之为偏执狂的精神疾病只是这种正常但功能失调的意识状态的一种稍微更严重的形式。

The undercurrent of constant unease started long before the rise of Western industrial civilization, of course, but in Western civilization, which now covers almost the entire globe, including most of the East, it manifests in an unprecedentedly acute form.

当然，这种持续不安的暗流早在西方工业文明兴起之前就已开始， 但在如今几乎覆盖全球、包括大部分东方大部的西方文明中，它却以前所未有的尖锐形式表现出来。