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be a hysteric
名词hysteric指癔病患者，复数形式为hysterics。
He is a hysteric, so his family sought medical help.
他是癔病患者，因此家人寻求了医疗帮助。
癔病的；歇斯底里的
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癔病的；歇斯底里的
relating to or caused by hysteria
He is a hysteric, so his family sought medical help.
他是癔病患者，因此家人寻求了医疗帮助。
歇斯底里的；与歇斯底里有关的
Hysterical; relating to hysteria.
After the loud crash, the child's hysteric crying worried the parents.
巨响之后，孩子歇斯底里的哭声让父母很担心。
The nurse helped the hysteric sit down and breathe slowly.
护士帮助那位癔病患者坐下并慢慢呼吸。
His hysteric laughter at the serious meeting was very embarrassing.
他在严肃会议上的歇斯底里大笑令人非常尴尬。
名词hysteric指癔病患者，复数形式为hysterics。
He is a hysteric, so his family sought medical help.
他是癔病患者，因此家人寻求了医疗帮助。
形容词hysteric作定语，常修饰症状、反应等，表示与癔病相关。
The doctor recorded the patient's hysteric symptoms in detail.
医生详细记录了病人的癔病症状。
形容词hysteric可用作表语，描述某人处于歇斯底里状态。
She became hysteric when she learned the bad news.
她得知坏消息后变得歇斯底里。
Not this
She has hysteric.
Use this
She has hysteria.
hysteric 是形容词或指“癔病患者”，不能表示疾病本身；表示疾病要用名词 hysteria。
Not this
She laughed hysteric.
Use this
She laughed hysterically.
修饰动词 laugh 要用副词 hysterically，不能用形容词 hysteric。
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癔症性人格
She has a hysteric personality and often dramatizes small problems.
她有癔症性人格，常把小问题戏剧化。
癔症发作
He went into a hysteric fit when he lost his job.
他失业后癔症发作了。
歇斯底里的笑声
The stress caused her to burst into hysteric laughter.
压力使她突然发出歇斯底里的笑声。
癔症症状
The patient's hysteric symptoms disappeared after therapy.
治疗后，病人的癔症症状消失了。
歇斯底里的反应
His hysteric reaction to the criticism surprised everyone.
他对批评的歇斯底里反应让所有人惊讶。
歇斯底里大发作；狂笑不止
She had hysterics when she heard the news.
听到这个消息，她歇斯底里大发作。
陷入歇斯底里状态；笑得前仰后合
The audience went into hysterics at the comedian's jokes.
观众被喜剧演员的笑话逗得狂笑不已。
处于歇斯底里状态；狂笑不止
We were in hysterics by the end of the film.
电影结束时我们都笑得前仰后合。
Use hysteric naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想中文音译“歇斯底里”(hysteria)：hysteric 就是“歇斯底里的”或“癔病患者”，记住这个声音就能记住意思。
语域：formal 常见场景：historical medical writing、older psychiatric literature 作名词时，hysteric 指“癔病患者”，通常用于医学或心理学等较正式的书面语境；现代日常英语中已较少见，可能显得过时或带贬义，更常说 someone with hysteria。
hysteric 读作 /hɪˈsterɪk/，重音在第二个音节；它和 generic、esoteric、atmospheric 都以 /-erɪk/ 结尾并押韵。注意 character /ˈkærəktər/ 和 lyric /ˈlɪrɪk/ 拼写相近但读音不同，不要混淆。
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