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

• 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。
• 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。
• Her poor demented sister had killed herself by jumping off a bridge.
  她那可怜的疯姐姐跳桥自杀了。
• 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？
• 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。
• However mad I am feeling in these dark, demented days before Christmas, I keep reminding myself how much worse things could be.
  在圣诞节前黑暗、令人发疯的日子里，无论我感觉多么疯狂，我都提醒自己没准事情原本比这还要糟得多。
• Sid broke into demented laughter.
  锡德狂笑起来。
• 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。
• 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。