insanity

英式音标：[ɪnˈsænəti]

美式音标：[ɪnˈsænətɪ]

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概况：

n. 疯狂；精神错乱；精神病；愚顽

词义：

n.

疯狂；精神失常；精神病；

变形

复数：insanities

英英释义

insanity[ in'sænəti ]

n.relatively permanent disorder of the mind

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Genius is but one remove from insanity.
天才与疯狂之间只有毫厘之差。

Love: a temporary insanity curable by marriage.
爱情：可以由婚姻治愈的暂时的疯狂。

Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage.
爱情是暂时性的癫狂,必须用婚姻来治愈。

In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.
在答辩中，他提出短暂的精神错乱为借口。

There was a streak of insanity in the family.
这个家族有精神错乱的倾向。

It would be sheer insanity to attempt the trip in such bad weather.
天气这么糟糕还要去旅行，太荒唐了。

权威例句

A Treatise on Insanity

Manic Depressive Insanity and Paranoia

Manic Depressive Insanity and Paranoia.

A Study of Association in Insanity.

A Study of Association in Insanity.

Embracing Insanity: Open Source Software Development

A treatise on insanity and other disorders affecting the mind.

Sliding scale insulin use: myth or insanity?

Madness and modernism : insanity in the light of modern art, literature, and thought

The Social Construction of Criminal Responsibility and Insanity

同义词：madness,folie

同根词：insaneness,insanely,insane

英语词源：

insanity (n.)

1580s, "state of being insane," from Latin insanitatem (nominative insanitas) "unhealthfulness," noun of quality from insanus (see insane). Meaning "extreme folly" is from 1844.

造句：

1. A doctor certified to his insanity.

一位医生证明他精神不正常。

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2. All the time the dual working of my mind distracted me almost to the point of insanity.

我脑中那种有双重存在在活动的感觉一直折磨着我，几乎使我神经错乱。

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3. The defence entered a plea of insanity.

被告方申辩(案发时)精神失常。

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4. Her counsel pleaded insanity.

她的律师辩护说她的精神不健全。

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5. If he were insane, he was a very cool and collected insanity.

如果他发了疯，他也是个非常冷静和镇定的疯子。

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6. The theme of insanity has recently become a staple in literature, art, drama and film.

精神错乱近来已成为文学，艺术，戏剧和电影的主题。

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7. It is insanity to drive a car without any brakes.

驾驶没有煞车的汽车确是愚不可及。

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8. Madge Wildfire, who, among other indications of insanity, had a most overweening opinion of those charms.

玛吉虽说疯疯颠颠，却还特别爱个俊俏。

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9. To stand in true relations with me in a false age is worth a fit of insanity, is it not?

在虚伪的年代维持人之间的真诚关系简直不正常，难道不是吗？

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10. Towards evening Joe, too, was taken with a fit of insanity.

到了傍晚，乔也开始精神错乱了。

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