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a neurotic [noun]
形容词作定语，说明某人或某事物具有神经症特征。
The novel’s hero is a neurotic artist who cannot leave his apartment.
这部小说的主人公是一位离不开公寓的神经症艺术家。
神经症患者
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神经症患者
a person suffering from neurosis
The novel’s hero is a neurotic artist who cannot leave his apartment.
这部小说的主人公是一位离不开公寓的神经症艺术家。
A person who has a neurosis.
神经症患者
a person suffering from neurosis
Her parents finally persuaded the neurotic to see a therapist.
她的父母最终说服这位神经症患者去看治疗师。
Many neurotics worry constantly about small problems.
许多神经症患者总是为小事担忧。
He admitted in his journal that he was a neurotic.
他在日记里承认自己是个神经症患者。
形容词作定语，说明某人或某事物具有神经症特征。
The novel’s hero is a neurotic artist who cannot leave his apartment.
这部小说的主人公是一位离不开公寓的神经症艺术家。
后接事物，表示对某事物过度焦虑。
Don’t be neurotic about making mistakes when you speak.
说话时不要对犯错过于焦虑。
名词，指患神经症的人；复数形式为 neurotics。
The therapist treated a neurotic who feared crowded places.
治疗师治疗了一位害怕拥挤场所的神经症患者。
Not this
She is one of the neurotic.
Use this
She is one of the neurotics.
neurotic 可以指“神经症患者”，此时复数形式为 neurotics。中文名词没有复数变化，所以容易漏掉词尾 -s；在“one of the ...”结构中必须用复数。
Not this
He is suffering from neurotic.
Use this
He is suffering from neurosis.
这里把 neurotic 当成了疾病名称。neurotic 指“神经症患者”或“神经质的”，而表示“神经症”这种疾病要用 neurosis。
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神经质行为
His neurotic behavior makes it hard for him to relax.
他的神经质行为让他很难放松。
神经症性障碍
The doctor diagnosed her with a neurotic disorder.
医生诊断她患有神经症性障碍。
神经症症状
She went to therapy to deal with her neurotic symptoms.
她去接受治疗以应对她的神经症症状。
神经质倾向
He is aware of his neurotic tendencies and tries to manage them.
他意识到自己的神经质倾向并努力加以控制。
神经症患者
The clinic treats neurotic patients with cognitive behavioral therapy.
这家诊所使用认知行为疗法治疗神经症患者。
神经质人格
Research links a neurotic personality to higher stress levels.
研究将神经质人格与较高的压力水平联系起来。
神经症患者在天空中搭建城堡；精神病患者住在城堡里；精神科医生收取房租。
He's so neurotic that he always imagines the worst outcome in every situation.
他太神经质了，总是把每种情况都想成最糟的结果。
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联想 neuro（神经）+ tic（抽动）——神经质的人常紧张到不自觉抽动。
语域：neutral 常见场景：psychiatry、psychology 该名词意思为“神经症患者”，多用于心理学、精神病学或较正式的书面表达；日常口语中较少以名词形式使用，通常会说 someone is neurotic 或直接用形容词 neurotic。
这些词都以 -otic 结尾，读作 /ɑtɪk/，与 neurotic 的 /rɑtɪk/ 押韵。注意 neuro- 开头的如 neuron /ˈnʊrɑn/ 和 neural /ˈnʊrəl/ 拼写相似但读音不同，不押韵。
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