insanity
英 [?n's?n?t?]
美[?n's?n?ti]
- n. 瘋狂；精神錯亂；精神病；愚頑
GRE暢通詞匯TEM4TOEFL低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?insanities;
中文詞源
insanity 精神失常
來自insane,精神失常。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Phillips murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity.
- 菲利普斯謀殺了他的妻子，但以精神錯亂為由逃脫了懲罰。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The insanity which ran in his family haunted him.
- 家族遺傳的精神錯亂困擾著他。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was a period of collective insanity, of legalized murder and mayhem.
- 那是個集體喪失理智、謀殺與暴力合法化的時期。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The defence pleaded insanity, but the defendant was found guilty and sentenced.
- 辯方以精神錯亂為由進行申辯，但被告被判有罪并獲刑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
- 他以精神不健全為由申辯無罪。
來自柯林斯例句