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Insane I Word People Completely 英 ɪn'seɪn] 美 ɪn'seɪn

英语单词 insane
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]
  [the N]
  • 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

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]
  • 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

insanely
  • 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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