fit: sometimes designates a sudden seizure or period of increased activity characteristic of a disease: fell unconscious in a ~; or sometimes refers to a temporary sudden or violent mood or period of activity: works by ~s and starts.    （seizure疾病突然发作，尤指中风(即脑卒中)癫痫refers to a sudden attack of illness, especially a stroke or an epileptic fit，如 the patient had a seizure病人突然发病。另外stroke表示脑卒中中风refers to a sudden disabling attack or loss of consciousness caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain, especially through thrombosis是由于大脑血流受阻，导致意识困难或丧失，多由于血栓。heart attack则是心脏病突发，如因overwork过度劳累或thrombosis血栓。thrombosis血栓是由于长期不良饮食生活习惯引起的）


attack: implies a sudden and often violent onslaught but connotes nothing about length or duration: an ~ of melancholy.     （onslaught猛攻，剧烈猛烈毁灭性打击suggests a vigorous, destructive attack，如succumbed to the onslaught of the disease被猛烈突发的疾病击垮）


access, accession: distinctively imply the initiation of an attack or fit: an ~ of sudden rage; or the intensification of a mood or state of mind to the point where control is lost or nearly lost: driven mad by an ~ of guilt.    这里intensification of a mood or state情绪强化，也就是initiation of an attack or fit开始发作，因此没有译出


paroxysm: refers to the sudden occurrence or intensification of a symptom or a state and to its recurrence: ~s of fear.    如paroxysms of hate满腔仇恨a paroxysm of laughter一阵狂笑a paroxysm of rage勃然大怒a paroxysm of coughing一阵咳嗽


spasm: connotes sudden involuntary muscular contractions: suffered from ~s of his back muscles; or possession by some emotion or state that momentarily grips and paralyzes: seized by ~s of fear.    又如a spasm of the stomach胃痉挛，a spasm of coughing一阵咳嗽，a spasm of panic一阵恐慌，如新4倒数第3篇第1句: "worry is a spasm of the emotion; the mind catches hold of something and will not let it go烦恼是感情的发作；脑子紧紧抓住某种东西就是不肯放"，摘自丘吉尔的<painting as a pastime绘画消遣>，谈论了培养业余爱好、放松身心的重要性  


convulsion: suggests repeated spasms that alternately contract and relax the muscles and produce violent contortions and distortions: a face distorted by ~s of unsuppressed anger.   distort变形畸形，contort极度变形畸形，令人痛苦


fit发病剧烈活动: 指突然发病或类似的剧烈活动，通常短暂，attack突袭: 指突然猛烈攻击，时间可短可长，access,accession发作: 特指开始发作(initiation开始初始)，paroxysm阵发复发: 指突然并反复发作，spasm抽搐痉挛，情绪发作: 指突然不自觉的肌肉收缩，也指被某种情绪把持控制，convulsion抽搐: 表示反复抽搐，剧烈变形


记忆方法: 1）首字母FAAAPSC想成SPAAACE<==在空间发作

         2）发作的意思是指疾病突然发作或身体突然不受控制mean a sudden seizure or spell resulting from an abnormal condition of body or mind.    （spell 1、魔咒咒语a form of words used as a magical charm or incantation，如the magician may cast a spell on himself巫师可能会对他自己施咒语  2、着魔，即受spell影响无法控制自己，如Sleeping Beauty was under a spell when the prince found her王子发现睡美人时，她中了咒语，即无法控制自己）