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Neurotic 英 Njʊə'Rɒtɪk] 美 Nʊ'Rɑːtɪk Adj.神经病的;神经过敏的 N.神经病患者 I Positively

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
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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]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]
  • He was almost neurotic about being followed...

    他对被跟踪几乎到了神经过敏的程度。

  • There are also unpleasant brain effects such as anxiety and neurotic behaviour.

    也会对大脑产生不良影响,如焦虑和神经质的行为。

  • A neurotic is someone who is neurotic.神经过敏者;神经症患者
    • These patients are not neurotics.

      这些病人不是神经症患者。

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