2N-UNCOUNT 偏执狂;妄想症 In psychology, if someone suffers from paranoia, they wrongly believe that other people are trying to harm them, or believe themselves to be much more important than they really are. 偏执狂;妄想症
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PARANOIA | PARANOIA + VERBADJECTIVE➤rampant猖獗的偏執狂➤extreme, severe極端的/嚴重的偏執狂◇The regime is in the grip of severe paranoia.該政府處於嚴重的偏執狂的掌控之中。➤mild, slight輕度/輕微偏執狂◇I was guilty perhaps of mild paranoia.我為自己也許有點兒偏執而內疚。➤increasing越來越嚴重的多疑➤irrational非理性的偏執➤anti-communist反共產主義的偏執◇the anti-communist paranoia of the 1950s20 世紀 50 年代的反共狂潮VERB + PARANOIA➤suffer from患妄想症▸➤border on, verge on近乎偏執狂◇Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.她的潔癖近乎偏執。➤induce誘發偏執◇The drugs can induce paranoia.這些藥物會誘發偏執。➤fuel刺激偏執◇External threats will just fuel paranoia among those in power.外部威脅只會加劇當權者的偏執。PARANOIA + VERB➤kick in, set in偏執開始發作◇The paranoia is setting in.開始變得偏執。➤grip sb偏執掌控某人◇He was gripped by paranoia.他為偏執所累。