英语单词 | insane |
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英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'seɪn] 美 [ɪn'seɪn] |
中文释义 | adj.疯狂的;精神错乱的;荒唐的 |
英语例句 | (1) Are you insane? (2) I have an insane desire to finish that thing. (3) The insane man was committed to an asylum. (4) Adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness. (5) It's completely insane to fly in this weather. |
中文例句 | (1) 你疯了吗? (2) 我疯狂地渴望去完成那件事。 (3) 那个精神失常的人被送进了精神病院。 (4) 去适应一个荒唐的社会简直愚不可及。 (5) 只有十足的疯子才会在这种天气飞行。 |
vocabulary简明 | To be insane is to be mentally ill. This is also a slang word for acting wacky or wild. |
vocabulary扩展 | This word has two closely related meanings. People who are insane are suffering from mental illness, which is very serious. When someone commits a crime, it's important to know if they were sane or insane. If they're insane, the penalty is different. Many uses of the word are not so serious. A wild party is called insane, and car salesmen say their prices are insane. A teacher assigning six hours of homework might be told "That’s insane!" |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [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. [usu v-link ADJ] [
2 [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]
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