demented

英 [dɪˈmentɪd] 美 [dɪˈmentɪd]

adj.  极度焦躁不安的; 忧虑失常的; 发狂的; 痴呆的

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Collins.1 / BNC.15179 / COCA.17632



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 极度焦躁不安的;忧虑失常的;发狂的
    behaving in a crazy way because you are extremely upset or worried
    1. I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
      我一直为你担心,都快发疯了。
  2. 痴呆的;发狂的
    having a mental illness

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ-GRADED 精神错乱的;(尤指)患早老性痴呆的
      Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.
      1. At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home?
        到了什么时候算是有必要把早老性痴呆病人送到养老院去?
    2. ADJ-GRADED 古怪的;愚蠢的;疯狂的
      If you describe someone as demented, you think that their actions are strange, foolish, or uncontrolled.
      1. He had been granted his own TV show by some demented executive...
        某个愚蠢的主管已经批准他自己来做一个电视节目。
      2. Sid broke into demented laughter.
        锡德狂笑起来。

    双语例句

    1. Nursing a demented person is an all-consuming task
      照顾一个精神病人是时刻都要劳神费力的苦差事。
    2. At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home?
      到了什么时候算是有必要把早老性痴呆病人送到养老院去?
    3. He had been granted his own TV show by some demented executive
      某个愚蠢的主管已经批准他自己来做一个电视节目。
    4. Sid broke into demented laughter.
      锡德狂笑起来。
    5. It was growling like something demented, which it was, of course, and its backside was almost in my face even my peril in no way diminished the frightful stench of the creature.
      它发狂地嗷叫着,对,是发狂了。屁股几乎挨着我的脸&尽管我身处险境,可仍闻到这家伙身上可怕的恶臭。
    6. 'They looked sort of demented,' he said.
      他说,她们看上去有点精神错乱。
    7. I don't mention that it's a prophecy& that my staying here for three or four months was predicted two years ago by an elderly and quite possibly demented Balinese medicine man, during a ten-minute palm-reading.
      我并未提及这是预言&两年前有个年老而且很可能精神错乱的巴厘药师,在看过十分钟我的手相后,预言我将在此地待上三或四个月。
    8. He always feels useful when he helps, and he gets a demented high from utility.
      当他帮助,而且他从实效得到一个发狂的高度时候,他总是觉得有用。
    9. While sceptical observers may consider it a sport for demented masochists, the reality is that they don't know what they're missing.
      心存疑问的观察人士也许会认为这是一种精神错乱受虐狂的运动,而实际上,这些怀疑论者却并不知道自己正在错过什么。
    10. I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
      我一直为你担心,都快发疯了。
    11. No one knows for certain the identity of this masked and demented murderer.
      没人知道这个带着面具、精神错乱杀手的真实身份。
    12. One demented player devised an invisible "spud" that, when accidentally picked up by another player we'll call Visitor, would remove Visitor's limbs.
      有一个疯狂的玩家设置了一个隐形的“锄头”,如果另外一个玩家(被叫作“到访者”)不小心捡起了这个锄头,这东西就会把到访者的四肢全部移除。
    13. If that's truth is somewhere in that demented mind, he might know who killed my mother.
      如果这个神经错乱的家伙脑子里知道真相,他也许知道是谁杀了我母亲。
    14. With a bunch of demented mountain hicks?
      跟一群精神错乱的乡下人一起上课?
    15. A: We must certainly do what we can to prevent illness and disability, but we must be careful that a focus on robust ageing does not lead us to neglect the frail, the demented and the dying.
      答:当然,我们必须尽力防止出现疾病和残疾,但我们也必须谨慎行事,不要因强调健康老化而对年老体衰、呆傻迷糊和生命垂危的人有所忽视。
    16. This paper introduces his demented career, on the basis of which is satirical poems, dissolute poems and self-praise poems, and discusses the artistic achievements in his poems.
      在介绍其癫狂生涯的基础上,着重论述他的讽刺诗、风流诗以及自赞诗,并探寻其汉诗的艺术成就。
    17. The character isn't demented; it's the comedy.
      角色并没疯,这是喜剧。
    18. He writes in despair, and the result is a demented book that no publisher will handle.
      他是在绝望中写作的,写出来的是一本疯狂的书,哪个出版商都不肯碰它。
    19. This struck me as an odd choice of idiom in an era when demented mortgage practices have triggered worldwide economic catastrophe.
      在这个由疯狂的按揭行为触发了全球经济灾难的时代,这让我感觉古怪地选择了这么一句谚语。
    20. He writes in despair, and the result is a demented book.
      他是在绝望中写作的,写出来的是一本疯狂的书。
    21. Her poor demented sister had killed herself by jumping off a bridge.
      她那可怜的疯姐姐跳桥自杀了。
    22. However mad I am feeling in these dark, demented days before Christmas, I keep reminding myself how much worse things could be.
      在圣诞节前黑暗、令人发疯的日子里,无论我感觉多么疯狂,我都提醒自己没准事情原本比这还要糟得多。
    23. More likely though, demented office politics represent an external manifestation of various midlife crises.
      不过,更大的一种可能是,疯狂的办公室政治是各种中年危机的外部表现。
    24. He was demented about New York City, Rudolph decided.
      他把纽约城恨得入骨,鲁道夫断定。
    25. When her child is two hours late, she becomes quite demented.
      她孩子晚了两个小时,她心急如焚。
    26. Somewhat demented or mentally unbalanced.
      有些疯狂的或精神错乱的。
    27. My demented sister is even more demented than I thought.
      我那疯狂的妹妹比我想像的还疯狂。
    28. Whoever did this must have been demented; no sane person would have acted in such a way.
      凡是做这件事的人一定是疯了,任何正常人都不会这么做。
    29. Or it leads them to seek further thrills in cocaine ( or similar)-which makes them more demented still.
      或者,这会使他们通过***(或类似毒品)寻求更大的兴奋而这将让他们精神更加错乱。
    30. And even if they were tolerably normal to start off with, the stress, the power and the glory often makes them demented in the end.
      即便他们一开始尚能表现正常,但压力、权力和荣耀往往使他们最终精神错乱。

    英英释义

    adj

    1. affected with madness or insanity
      1. a man who had gone mad

      Synonym:    brainsickcrazydisturbedmadsickunbalancedunhinged