demented
英 [dɪˈmentɪd]
美 [dɪˈmentɪd]
adj. 极度焦躁不安的; 忧虑失常的; 发狂的; 痴呆的
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- I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
我一直为你担心,都快发疯了。
- I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
- 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.- 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?
- At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home?
- 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.- 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。 - Sid broke into demented laughter.
锡德狂笑起来。
- He had been granted his own TV show by some demented executive...
英英释义
adj
- affected with madness or insanity
- a man who had gone mad
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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 'They looked sort of demented,' he said.
他说,她们看上去有点精神错乱。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He was demented about New York City, Rudolph decided.
他把纽约城恨得入骨,鲁道夫断定。 - 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。