1ADJ [usually verb-link ADJ]精神错乱的;精神失常的;疯狂的 Someone who is insane has a mind that does not work in a normal way, with the result that their behaviour is very strange. 精神错乱的;精神失常的;疯狂的
Some people simply can't take it and they just go insane.
一些人完全承受不了,结果就精神失常了。
Agnes was a battered woman who had killed, in self-defense, while temporarily insane.
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, look, seem, sound精神失常;看似瘋狂;似乎精神錯亂;聽起來瘋癲◇It seems insane to cut the budget now.現在削減預算似乎很瘋狂。➤become, go精神失常;發瘋◇He later became insane and was confined to an asylum.後來他精神失常被關進了瘋人院。◇He went almost insane when he heard that his daughter had died.聽說女兒死去的噩耗時他幾乎精神失常。➤drive sb將某人逼瘋◇You're driving me nearly insane with that noise.你那個噪聲快把我逼瘋了。➤certify sb (as), declare sb證明/宣佈某人精神失常◇In 1975 she was certified clinically insane and sent to a mental hospital.1975 年她被診斷為精神失常並被送進了精神病院。ADVERB➤absolutely, completely, quite, seriously, totally, utterly絕對瘋狂;完全瘋狂;十分愚蠢;精神嚴重失常◇The whole idea is totally insane.整個想法簡直愚蠢透頂。➤literally, truly確實精神失常▸➤almost, nearly幾乎瘋狂▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些精神失常➤temporarily暫時精神失常◇She claimed she was temporarily insane during the attack.她聲稱攻擊期間她的精神不正常。➤clearly, obviously明顯/顯然精神不正常◇He was clearly insane.他顯然精神不正常。➤mentally (especially NAmE) 精神失常◇He displays a fearlessness that borders on the mentally insane.他表現出一種近乎瘋狂的無所畏懼。➤certifiably, clinically, legally證明為/診斷為/從法律角度看是精神失常▸➤criminally精神錯亂而犯罪的◇He is criminally insane, unable to stop himself from attacking women.他是個精神失常的罪犯,控制不住襲擊婦女的行為。