| 英语单词 | neurotic |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [njʊə'rɒtɪk] 美 [nʊ'rɑːtɪk] |
| 中文释义 | adj.神经病的;神经过敏的 n.神经病患者 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I would go so far as to say it's positively neurotic. (2) Nothing is more distracting than a neurotic boss. (3) She's neurotic about getting fat. (4) A neurotic is a man who wants to build a castle in the air. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我甚至会说这绝对是神经病。 (2) 没有什么比神经过敏的老板更恼人的了。 (3) 她非常害怕发胖。 (4) 一个神经质的人满脑子装的都是空中楼阁。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you call someone neurotic, you are saying she is stressed out. Neurotic can be a psychological term or it can be used more loosely. You may have a neurotic tendency to bite your nails or to pull out your hair. Ouch. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The adjective neurotic refers to someone who shows signs of mental disturbance but does not indicate complete psychosis. Neurotic comes from neuro-, from a Greek word for "nerve." It can also describe someone with neurotic behaviors, so you can think of a neurotic as someone who has a particularly bad case of nerves. |
| 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]神经质的;极为焦虑的 If you say that someone is neurotic, you mean that they are always frightened or worried about things that you consider unimportant. [disapproval]
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