agony aunts

Most agony aunts and other advice providers now refer to problems as dilemmas – the word sounds less negative and, in this self-improving world, we have to be positive at all costs.

现在，很多知心大姐和其他建议提供者谈到问题时，以两难困境代之&这个词听起来没有那么消极，而在这个自我完善的世界里，我们必须不惜任何代价保持一个积极的态度。

Even more surprising are the number of readers who turn out to be closet agony aunts themselves.

更令人意外的是，事实证明，有很多人自己就是秘密的知心大姐。

Even great agony aunts sometimes give out duff advice, so it is a good idea to have some back-up.

就连伟大的知心大姐有时候也会给出馊主意。

Agony aunts 'enduring appeal is also because people like reading about others' misfortunes.

知心阿姨的吸引力之所经久不衰，还因为人们喜欢阅读他人的不幸。

It is that unless they are slightly odd, bosses simply don't write to newspaper agony aunts begging for advice.

只是，除非他们有点古怪，否则，老板们是不会给报纸知心大姐写信寻求忠告的。