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Demented I Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 Dɪ'Mentɪd] 美 Dɪ'Mentɪd Adj.发狂的;[医]精神错乱状态的

英语单词 demented
英美音标 英 [dɪ'mentɪd] 美 [dɪ'mentɪd]
中文释义 adj.发狂的;[医]精神错乱状态的
英语例句 (1) When her child was two hours late, she became quite demented.
(2) If you can grow new neurons, you might be able to rewire demented brains.
(3) No one knows for certain the identity of this masked and demented murderer.
中文例句 (1) 她孩子晚了两个小时,她心急如焚。
(2) 如果病人能够长出新的神经元,那么就有可能给痴呆的大脑更换设施。
(3) 没人知道这个带着面具、精神错乱杀手的真实身份。
vocabulary简明 Demented is an adjective describing behavior that is crazy, unhinged, or insane. Someone is demented when they have gone off the deep end.
vocabulary扩展 Demented literally means "suffering from dementia," although in current culture it is used quite often to tease a sibling or good friend: "My brother thinks I am demented because I like to eat peanut butter and salami sandwiches."
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
  [MEDICAL or OLD-FASHIONED 医或过时]
  • 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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
  [disapproval]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • 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。

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