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Derange Deranged Make Insane Dɪ'Reɪndʒ V.使错乱;扰乱 Poor Woman's

Front derange
Pron [dɪ'reɪndʒ]
Back 【derange】
v.使错乱;扰乱
The poor woman's mind has been deranged for many years.
那女人已精神错乱好几年了。
Vocab
derangederange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane

To derange someone is to make her go crazy or completely confuse her. Going without sleep for an entire week can derange a person.

It's more common to see the adjective deranged — or insane — than the verb derange, but you can use it to describe what happens when someone or something drives a person batty. Too many head injuries can derange a football player's short term memory, and a teasing cat just out of reach might derange a tied-up dog in a yard. The Old French root of derange is desrengier, "throw into disorder," which combines des, "do the opposite of" and rengier, "put into line."

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