Mental-health problems cause more suffering in Britain than physical illness, poverty or unemployment, according to Richard Layard, an economist and author of a book on happiness.
据著有一本关于幸福的书的经济学家理查德·莱亚德称，心理健康问题在英国给人们带来的痛苦多过生理疾病、贫困或失业。
It is a colloquiallism, that means to cause someone physical or mental suffering.
这是一个俚语，意思是造成别人身体上或精神上的苦楚。
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