Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #6421
Fully loadedmadness
疯狂；精神失常
The state of being mentally ill; insanity.
旧时法律上指精神失常
- 1.
The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
疯狂的状态；精神错乱；精神疾病。
- 2.
obsolete terms for legal insanity
法律上精神失常的过时用语
- 3.
The state of being angry.
愤怒的状态。
- 4.
an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
温血动物神经系统的急性病毒性疾病,通常由狂犬病动物咬伤传播；病毒侵入大脑则致命
- 5.
Rash folly.
轻率的愚蠢行为。
- 6.
a feeling of intense anger
强烈的愤怒感
鲁莽；愚蠢；愤怒；狂怒；狂犬病；疯狂的状态；精神错乱；精神疾病。；法律上精神失常的过时用语
In use
The constant noise from the construction site drove her to the brink of madness.
There is a fine line between genius and madness.
His decision to quit his stable job and travel the world seemed like pure madness to his family.
the madness of [something]
The madness of war destroys everything in its path.
战争的疯狂摧毁了沿途的一切。
sheer/absolute madness
常用于强调行为极端不合理。
It would be sheer madness to attempt that climb in this weather.
在这种天气尝试那次攀登简直是彻头彻尾的疯狂。
drive someone to madness
Connections
Collocations
- sheer madness
- 纯粹的疯狂
- It was sheer madness to drive that fast on icy roads.在结冰的路上开那么快简直是纯粹的疯狂。
- drive someone to madness
- 把某人逼疯
- The constant noise from the construction site drove her to madness.建筑工地持续的噪音把她逼疯了。
- in a fit of madness
- 一时疯狂
- He sold his house in a fit of madness.他一时疯狂卖掉了房子。
- madness to do something
- 做某事是疯狂的
- It would be madness to quit your job without another one lined up.没有找好别的工作就辞职是疯狂的。
Idioms & figurative uses
- method in one's madness
- 表面疯狂实则有理At first, his plan seemed chaotic, but there was method in his madness.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 madness 拆成 mad（疯狂）+ ness（名词后缀），想象一个疯子（madman）发狂的样子，就是疯狂的状态。
Context & Register
中性偏强烈，多用于口语和书面语，表示精神错乱或极端行为，常见于日常交流及文学作品中。
Grammar Note
不可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'sadness' (and 'badness', 'gladness') rhymes exactly with 'madness' because they share the same stressed vowel /æ/ and subsequent /dnəs/. Words like 'happiness', 'darkness', etc., share the '-ness' suffix but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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