[ADJ 形容词]精神错乱的;精神失常的;疯狂的 Someone who is insane has a mind that does not work in a normal way, with the result that their behaviour is very strange.
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Some people simply can't take it and they just go insane...
一些人完全承受不了,结果就精神失常了。
Agnes was a battered woman who had killed, in self-defense, while temporarily insane.
阿格尼丝是个备受虐待的女人,她在一时精神错乱下出于自我防卫杀了人。
The insane are people who are insane.精神病人;精神失常的人
...the state hospital for the criminally insane.
专门收治精神病犯人的州立医院
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]蠢极的;荒唐的 If you describe a decision or action as insane, you think it is very foolish or excessive.
[disapproval]
I said, 'Listen, this is completely insane.'
我说:“听着,这简直荒唐之极。”
...insane jealousy.
不可理喻的嫉妒心
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I would be insanely jealous if Bill left me for another woman.
如果比尔为了别的女人离开我,我会妒忌得发疯的。
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in·sane/ɪnˈseɪn; NAmEɪnˈseɪn/adjective1seriously mentally ill and unable to live in normal society 精神失常的;精神错乱的◆Doctors certified him as insane.医生证明他精神失常。◆The prisoners were slowly going insane.囚犯正慢慢地变得精神错乱起来。OPP
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2the insanenoun[plural ]people who are insane精神失常的人;精神错乱的人◆a hospital for the insane精神病院3( informal) very stupid, crazy or dangerous 十分愚蠢的;疯狂的;危险的◆I must have been insane to agree to the idea.我肯定是犯傻了,居然同意了这个想法。◆This job is driving me insane(= making me feel very angry).这份工作快要把我逼疯了。☞see also
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▶in·sane·ly/ɪnˈseɪnli; NAmEɪnˈseɪnli/adverb◆He is insanely jealous.他嫉妒得发疯。in·sane/ɪnˈseɪn; NAmEɪnˈseɪn/in·sane·ly/ɪnˈseɪnli; NAmEɪnˈseɪnli/
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insanein‧sane /ɪnˈseɪn/ ●○○ adjective
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1informal completely stupid or crazy, often in a way that is dangerous: That’s an insane risk. The whole idea sounds absolutely insane to me. Why did you do that? Have you gone insane?2someone who is insane is permanently and seriously mentally ill so that they cannot live in normal society: The killer was declared criminally insane.3 the insane people who are mentally ill: a hospital for the insane4drive somebody insane informal to make someone feel more and more annoyed or angry, usually over a long period of timeSYN drive somebody mad: My little brother’s been driving me insane all weekend.—insanely adverb: insanely jealous She giggled insanely.
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