Apedia

Psychopath Violent Person Act Mental 英 Saɪkəpæθ] 美 Saɪkəpæθ

英语单词 psychopath
英美音标 英 ['saɪkəpæθ] 美 ['saɪkəpæθ]
中文释义 n.精神病患者
英语例句 (1) The murder was the act of a psychopath.
(2) I mean he looks like a complete psychopath.
中文例句 (1) 这次谋杀是精神变态者所为。
(2) 我是说,他长得就像是个超级变态狂。
vocabulary简明 It would be unfortunate to end up alone in an elevator with a psychopath. A psychopath is a mentally ill person with violent tendencies.
vocabulary扩展 Psychopath is a psychiatric term that refers to a person suffering from a mental illness involving violent behavior or various kinds of abnormal social interactions. A person who's been diagnosed as a psychopath has a lot of trouble interacting with other people and living a normal life. The noun psychopath is also used casually to mean simply a bizarre or unpredictably violent person. The word comes from the Greek words for "mind" and "suffering": psykhe and pathos.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]精神变态者;变态人格者 A psychopath is someone who has serious mental problems and who may act in a violent way without feeling sorry for what they have done.
  • She was abducted by a dangerous psychopath.

    她被一个危险的精神变态狂给绑架了。

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Concourse people called large crowd n-count 可数名词 英

Previous card: Consultative advice committee adjective providing 英 kən'sʌltətɪv] 美 kən'sʌltətɪv

Up to card list: 17641 COCA words