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be/look/sound + morbid
morbid 作表语，意为‘可怕的、令人毛骨悚然的’。
His jokes were rather morbid.
他的笑话相当阴森吓人。
病态的；对死亡等有异常兴趣的
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病态的；对死亡等有异常兴趣的
Having or showing an unhealthy interest in death or other unpleasant subjects.
His jokes were rather morbid.
他的笑话相当阴森吓人。
多指心理上的异常兴趣
疾病的；与疾病相关的；患病的。
Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
对死亡、腐朽、疾病等不健康主题感兴趣或执迷的。
Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
暗示死亡恐怖的；阴森恐怖的。
Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
恐怖的；令人毛骨悚然的。
Grisly or gruesome.
His morbid curiosity about the accident scene made his friends uncomfortable.
他对事故现场的病态好奇心让朋友们感到不舒服。
She has a morbid fascination with old graveyards and reads about them for hours.
她对古老的墓地有一种病态的迷恋，会一连读上几个小时。
The movie's morbid ending left everyone in the theater feeling uneasy.
这部电影病态的结局让影院里的每个人都感到不安。
morbid 作表语，意为‘可怕的、令人毛骨悚然的’。
His jokes were rather morbid.
他的笑话相当阴森吓人。
find + 宾语 + 形容词 表示主观感受。
I find these ghost stories morbid.
我觉得这些鬼故事很恐怖。
it 作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式。
It was morbid to keep staring at the crash photos.
一直盯着事故照片看是很不健康的。
常见搭配：morbid curiosity/fascination/interest。
He showed a morbid interest in the details of the disease.
他对这种疾病的细节表现出病态的兴趣。
Not this
His morbid about death worries me.
Use this
His morbidity about death worries me.
morbid 是形容词，不能作主语；表示‘对死亡的病态执念’时应使用名词 morbidity。
Not this
He was morbid fascinated by the car accident.
Use this
He was morbidly fascinated by the car accident.
修饰形容词或动词需用副词 morbidly，而不是形容词 morbid。
Not this
He has a morbid interest on death.
Use this
He has a morbid interest in death.
名词 interest 后接介词 in 表示‘对……的兴趣’，受中文‘对……的兴趣’影响误用了 on。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
病态的好奇心
His morbid curiosity led him to read every detail of the accident.
他的病态好奇心驱使他阅读事故的每一个细节。
病态肥胖
Morbid obesity can increase the risk of serious health problems.
病态肥胖会增加严重健康问题的风险。
病态的念头；阴郁的想法
She couldn't shake the morbid thoughts that haunted her at night.
她无法摆脱夜里萦绕心头的病态想法。
病态的迷恋
He had a morbid fascination with old cemeteries.
他对古老的墓园有一种病态的迷恋。
黑色幽默；病态幽默
His morbid humor often made his friends uncomfortable.
他那种黑色幽默常让朋友们感到不自在。
病态的恐惧
The patient had a morbid fear of germs.
这位病人对细菌有一种病态的恐惧。
病态的好奇心
I couldn't help but watch the disaster footage out of morbid curiosity.
出于病态的好奇心，我忍不住看了灾难画面。
病态的迷恋
She had a morbid fascination with old crime scenes.
她对古老的犯罪现场有一种病态的迷恋。
病态的幽默感
His morbid sense of humor often made his friends uncomfortable.
他病态的幽默感常常让朋友感到不舒服。
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morbid 听似“毛病的”（máo bìng），联想疾病、死亡等病态话题，就是“病态的”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：medical/clinical writing、everyday conversation、literary or descriptive writing 该词在不同语境中语体略有差异：医学语境（如 morbid obesity）多作为正式专业用语；日常或新闻中常用来形容对死亡、疾病等话题的病态兴趣，比较书面化，但不算生硬的正式用语。
没有常用词与 morbid (/ˈmɒːbɪd/) 完全押韵。'bid' (/bɪd/) 对应其最后的非重读音节；'forbid' (/fəˈbɪd/) 拼写同为 -rbid，但重音在第二音节且元音不同；'sordid' (/ˈsɔːdɪd/) 与 morbid 有相近的重读元音和词尾 /ɪd/，但中间辅音不同；'vivid' (/ˈvɪvɪd/) 等 -id 形容词共享词尾非重读 /ɪd/。注意拼写相似的词读音可能不同。
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