词汇 | insane |
释义 | insane 1 ENTRIES FOUND: insane (adjective) insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ adjective insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ adjective Learner's definition of INSANE 1 [more insane; most insane] : not sane精神不正常的: such as a : having or showing severe mental illness患精神病的;精神失常的 an insane person精神错乱的人 The murderer was found to be criminally insane.杀人凶手被查出患有精神病。 Usage用法 The use of insane to describe a person with severe mental illness is now often considered offensive. The phrase mentally ill is preferred. Insane in this sense now occurs chiefly in such legal phrases as criminally insane and temporarily insane.用insane描述某人患有严重的精神疾病现常被视为有冒犯之意,使用短语mentally ill更为妥帖。此义项的insane现主要用于criminally insane和temporarily insane等法律短语。 b : unable to think in a clear or sensible way失去理智的;疯狂的 She was insane with jealousy/anger.她妒忌/气得发疯。 c — used in the phrase drive/make (someone) insane to describe annoying or bothering someone very much.使(某人)发狂 That noise is driving me insane. [=it is annoying me very much]那噪声快把我逼疯了。 It makes me insane [=I feel very annoyed] when people drive like that.人们那样开车简直把我气疯了。 2 : wild and uncontrolled狂野的;狂暴的 He had an insane look in his eyes.他眼中流露出狂放不羁的神色。 3 [more insane; most insane] : very foolish or unreasonable : crazy愚蠢的;不理智的 She likes to drive at insane speeds.她喜欢飙车。 He had this insane idea that he could get rich by selling old computers.他荒唐地认为自己靠卖旧电脑能致富。 4 : used for people who have severe mental illnesses患精神病的;精神失常的 an insane asylum [=(now more commonly) a mental hospital]精神病院 go insane : to become mentally ill : to go crazy变得精神错乱;发疯;发狂 She went insane and started thinking that everyone was trying to kill her.她疯了,开始以为每个人都想杀她。 — usually used in an exaggerated way通常用于夸张 I must be going insane. I can't find my car keys anywhere.我快疯了,哪里也找不到我的汽车钥匙。 If you don't stop making that noise, I'm going to go (completely) insane!如果你不停止制造噪声,我就要(彻底)疯掉了。 the insane : insane people : people who have severe mental illness精神错乱的人;精神病患者 a hospital for the insane [=(now more commonly) the mentally ill]精神病院 — insanely adverb Her boyfriend was insanely jealous.她的男友妒火中烧。 |
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