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.

• 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。
• 痴呆的；发狂的
  having a mental illness

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 精神错乱的;（尤指）患早老性痴呆的
  Someone who isdementedhas 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？
• ADJ-GRADED 古怪的;愚蠢的;疯狂的
  If you describe someone asdemented, 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。

英英释义

adj

• affected with madness or insanity
  1. a man who had gone mad
  Synonym:brainsickcrazydisturbedmadsickunbalancedunhinged

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Somewhat demented or mentally unbalanced.
  有些疯狂的或精神错乱的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。