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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• More likely though, demented office politics represent an external manifestation of various midlife crises.
  不过，更大的一种可能是，疯狂的办公室政治是各种中年危机的外部表现。
• He always feels useful when he helps, and he gets a demented high from utility.
  当他帮助，而且他从实效得到一个发狂的高度时候，他总是觉得有用。
• And even if they were tolerably normal to start off with, the stress, the power and the glory often makes them demented in the end.
  即便他们一开始尚能表现正常，但压力、权力和荣耀往往使他们最终精神错乱。
• If that's truth is somewhere in that demented mind, he might know who killed my mother.
  如果这个神经错乱的家伙脑子里知道真相，他也许知道是谁杀了我母亲。
• 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。
• Sid broke into demented laughter.
  锡德狂笑起来。
• 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。