demented

英 [dɪˈmentɪd]

美 [dɪˈmentɪd]

adj.  极度焦躁不安的; 忧虑失常的; 发狂的; 痴呆的

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Collins.1 / BNC.15179 / COCA.17632

牛津词典

adj.

• 极度焦躁不安的；忧虑失常的；发狂的
  behaving in a crazy way because you are extremely upset or worried
  1. I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
     我一直为你担心，都快发疯了。
• 痴呆的；发狂的
  having a mental illness

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 精神错乱的;（尤指）患早老性痴呆的
  Someone who isdementedhas a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.
  1. At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home?
     到了什么时候算是有必要把早老性痴呆病人送到养老院去？
• ADJ-GRADED 古怪的;愚蠢的;疯狂的
  If you describe someone asdemented, you think that their actions are strange, foolish, or uncontrolled.
  1. He had been granted his own TV show by some demented executive...
     某个愚蠢的主管已经批准他自己来做一个电视节目。
  2. Sid broke into demented laughter.
     锡德狂笑起来。

英英释义

adj

• affected with madness or insanity
  1. a man who had gone mad
  Synonym:brainsickcrazydisturbedmadsickunbalancedunhinged

双语例句

• Or it leads them to seek further thrills in cocaine ( or similar)-which makes them more demented still.
  或者，这会使他们通过可卡因（或类似毒品）寻求更大的兴奋而这将让他们精神更加错乱。
• A: We must certainly do what we can to prevent illness and disability, but we must be careful that a focus on robust ageing does not lead us to neglect the frail, the demented and the dying.
  答：当然，我们必须尽力防止出现疾病和残疾，但我们也必须谨慎行事，不要因强调健康老化而对年老体衰、呆傻迷糊和生命垂危的人有所忽视。
• While sceptical observers may consider it a sport for demented masochists, the reality is that they don't know what they're missing.
  心存疑问的观察人士也许会认为这是一种精神错乱受虐狂的运动，而实际上，这些怀疑论者却并不知道自己正在错过什么。
• Nursing a demented person is an all-consuming task
  照顾一个精神病人是时刻都要劳神费力的苦差事。
• It was growling like something demented, which it was, of course, and its backside was almost in my face even my peril in no way diminished the frightful stench of the creature.
  它发狂地嗷叫着，对，是发狂了。屁股几乎挨着我的脸&尽管我身处险境，可仍闻到这家伙身上可怕的恶臭。
• This struck me as an odd choice of idiom in an era when demented mortgage practices have triggered worldwide economic catastrophe.
  在这个由疯狂的按揭行为触发了全球经济灾难的时代，这让我感觉古怪地选择了这么一句谚语。
• This paper introduces his demented career, on the basis of which is satirical poems, dissolute poems and self-praise poems, and discusses the artistic achievements in his poems.
  在介绍其癫狂生涯的基础上，着重论述他的讽刺诗、风流诗以及自赞诗，并探寻其汉诗的艺术成就。
• The character isn't demented; it's the comedy.
  角色并没疯，这是喜剧。
• I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
  我一直为你担心，都快发疯了。
• When her child is two hours late, she becomes quite demented.
  她孩子晚了两个小时，她心急如焚。