madness

英 [ˈmædnəs]

美 [ˈmædnəs]

n.  精神失常; 疯狂; (会带来危险的)癫狂，愚蠢行为

复数：madnesses　

医学

BNC.6421 / COCA.6563

牛津词典

noun

• 精神失常；疯狂
  the state of having a serious mental illness
  1. There may be a link between madness and creativity.
     在疯狂和创造力之间也许有着某种联系。
• （会带来危险的）癫狂，疯狂，愚蠢行为
  crazy or stupid behaviour that could be dangerous
  1. It would be sheer madness to trust a man like that.
     信任这样的人将是愚蠢至极。
  2. In a moment of madness she had agreed to go out with him.
     由于一时糊涂，她同意和他约会。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 疯狂的;精神错乱的
  Someone who ismadhas a mind that does not work in a normal way, with the result that their behaviour is very strange.
  1. She was afraid of going mad.
     她担心自己会疯掉。
  2. ...the mad old lady from down the street.
     沿街走来的那位精神失常的老太太
• ADJ-GRADED 愚蠢无比的
  You usemadto describe people or things that you think are very foolish.
  1. You'd be mad to work with him again...
     你要再和他一起工作那简直是疯了。
  2. Isn't that a rather mad idea?
     那难道不是一个愚蠢透顶的想法吗？
• ADJ-GRADED 愤怒的;异常恼火的
  If you say that someone ismad, you mean that they are very angry.
  1. You're just mad at me because I don't want to go...
     因为我不想去，你就对我火冒三丈。
  2. I'm pretty mad about it, I can tell you.
     告诉你，我对这件事感到非常恼火。
• ADJ-GRADED 着迷的;迷恋的
  If you aremad aboutormad onsomething or someone, you like them very much indeed.
  1. She's not as mad about sport as I am...
     她不像我对体育那么痴迷。
  2. He's mad about you...
     他很迷恋你。
  3. He's mad on trains.
     他非常喜欢火车。
  4. Madis also a combining form.
     (亦可用于构词)
  5. ...his football-mad son...
     他的那个足球迷儿子
  6. He's not power-mad.
     他并不贪恋权力。
• ADJ 发狂的;失控的
  Madbehaviour is wild and uncontrolled.
  1. You only have an hour to complete the game so it's a mad dash against the clock...
     你只有一个小时来完成这场比赛，所以得铆足劲头争分夺秒。
  2. The audience went mad.
     观众们十分狂热。
• PHRASE 使发狂;惹…发怒
  If you say that someone or somethingdrivesyoumad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying.
  1. There are certain things he does that drive me mad...
     他的某些举动让我很生气。
  2. This itching is driving me mad.
     这种瘙痒简直快把我折磨疯了。
• PHRASE 拼命地;全力以赴地
  If you do somethinglike mad, you do it very energetically or enthusiastically.
  1. He was weight training like mad.
     他在拼命地进行负重训练。
• See also:madly

英英释义

noun

• unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
  1. poetry is a sort of divine madness
  Synonym:rabidityrabidness
• the quality of being rash and foolish
  1. trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
  2. adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
  Synonym:follyfoolishnesscraziness
• a feeling of intense anger
  1. hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
  2. his face turned red with rage
  Synonym:furyrage
• an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal)
  Synonym:rabieshydrophobialyssa
• obsolete terms for legal insanity
  Synonym:lunacyinsaneness

双语例句

• First, Richard told me about his initial exposure to the madness.
  首先，理查德告诉了我他首次接触到的疯狂。
• We're both alike — there is a streak of madness in us both
  我们俩很像——都有点疯。
• Can any of you explain this madness to me?
  谁能为我解释这疯狂的行为？
• Someone has to stop this madness.
  必须有人来制止这种疯狂。
• Seek Baba's blessings.-I haven't time for this madness.
  寻求巴巴的祝福。-我没时间为这个而疯狂。
• From all of the madness.
  从这所有的疯狂中；
• Three major narratives intertwine within Foucault's text, 'Madness and Civilisation'
  3个主要故事在福柯的《疯癫与文明》一书当中密切相联。
• When love is not madness, it is not love!
  如果爱不疯狂，那就不是爱了！
• He is clearly on the verge of madness: he was so last night at least.
  他分明在疯狂的边缘上了：至少昨天晚上他是这样的。
• As you may have guessed, there is a method to such madness.
  可能你也猜到了，松鼠的这种看似疯狂的做法其实是有它的道理的。