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derange sb/sth
The constant noise deranged the entire neighborhood.
持续的噪音扰乱了整个社区。
使精神错乱；使发狂
deranged — past of derange
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使精神错乱；使发狂
to make someone insane or mentally unbalanced
The constant noise deranged the entire neighborhood.
持续的噪音扰乱了整个社区。
使(某人)发疯或精神错乱
To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
使(某物)混乱；使偏离理想状态
To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state.
使发生故障或无法运行。
To cause to malfunction or become inoperative.
derange
Base
原形
deranges
3rd person
第三人称单数
deranging
-ing
现在分词
deranged
Past
过去式
deranged
Past participle
过去分词
He deranges the plan.
他扰乱计划。
The news deranged her.
那消息使她发狂。
The noise is deranging my thoughts.
噪音正在扰乱我的思绪。
The long imprisonment and harsh treatment seemed to derange his mind completely.
长期的监禁和残酷的待遇似乎使他的精神完全错乱了。
After years of isolation, her thoughts became deranged by fear and suspicion.
经过多年的与世隔绝，她的思想被恐惧和猜疑弄得错乱了。
Experts say that sleep deprivation can derange even the most stable personality.
专家说，睡眠不足甚至能使最稳定的人格变得错乱。
The constant noise deranged the entire neighborhood.
持续的噪音扰乱了整个社区。
被动结构常强调外部原因导致精神失常。
He was completely deranged by the tragedy.
他被那场悲剧完全搞得精神错乱。
后接表示心智、感官等的名词，强调对精神功能的影响。
The illness deranged her mind for a short period.
疾病使她的精神短暂失常。
Not this
He is derange.
Use this
He is deranged.
Derange 是动词，其过去分词 deranged 才用作形容词，表示“精神错乱的”。
Not this
The news made him derange.
Use this
The news deranged him.
Derange 是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不能用在 make + 宾语 + 动词原形结构中。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
使精神错乱
The shock deranged his mind.
那次打击使他精神错乱。
破坏平衡
Overfishing deranged the balance of the marine ecosystem.
过度捕捞破坏了海洋生态系统的平衡。
使系统发生故障
A computer virus deranged the entire system.
一种计算机病毒使整个系统发生了故障。
打乱某人的计划
The sudden storm deranged our plans for the trip.
突如其来的暴风雨打乱了我们的旅行计划。
天空是金色的，我有点精神失常。
This line is from Third Eye Blind's 1997 alt-rock hit 'Semi-Charmed Life', where the singer calls himself 'deranged' while recalling a euphoric, disoriented state.
这句歌词出自美国乐队Third Eye Blind 1997年的另类摇滚热单《Semi-Charmed Life》，歌中回忆了狂喜而迷乱的时刻，称自己“精神错乱”。
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记忆：de（去除）+ range（排列）＝去掉排列，即“打乱”，引申为使精神错乱、使混乱。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、medical/psychological description derange 多用于正式书面语，表示使发疯、使混乱或使故障。口语中不太常用。
All listed words share the final stressed sound /eɪndʒ/ with derange: change, range, strange, arrange, exchange, and estrange. Beware lookalikes such as danger /ˈdeɪndʒər/, orange /ˈɒrɪndʒ/, and singe /sɪndʒ/, which look similar but do not rhyme.
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