Word · Frequency #17450
psychosis
精神病；精神不正常
any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
- 1.
A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
一种严重的精神障碍,有时伴有脑部器质性损伤,以人格错乱和现实认知扭曲为特征。
- 2.
any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
任何严重的精神障碍,其特征是与现实的接触丧失或严重扭曲
一种严重的精神障碍,有时伴有脑部器质性损伤,以人格错乱和现实认知扭曲为特征。；任何严重的精神障碍,其特征是与现实的接触丧失或严重扭曲；精神病；精神不正常；[医] 精神病
In use
Psychosis can make it very hard for a person to tell what is real from what is imagined.
The doctor suspected psychosis because the patient described events that had never happened.
Early treatment for psychosis gives people a better chance of living a normal life.
suffer from psychosis
suffer from 常用于描述长期或反复发作的精神疾病；psychosis 在此作不可数名词。
She has suffered from psychosis for years.
她患精神病多年了。
be diagnosed with psychosis
被动结构 be diagnosed with 强调由医生作出诊断。
He was diagnosed with psychosis after the evaluation.
评估后他被诊断出精神病。
cause psychosis
cause 的主语常为药物、创伤或疾病等诱因，后接疾病名称。
Connections
Collocations
- suffer from psychosis
- 患有精神病
- She was diagnosed after suffering from psychosis for several months.她因患精神病数月后被确诊。
- develop psychosis
- 患上精神病
- Without treatment, he may develop psychosis.若不治疗，他可能会患上精神病。
- drug-induced psychosis
- 药物诱发的精神病
- Drug-induced psychosis can occur after heavy substance use.药物诱发的精神病可能在大量使用药物后出现。
- acute psychosis
- 急性精神病
- Acute psychosis requires immediate hospital care.急性精神病需要立即住院治疗。
- postpartum psychosis
- 产后精神病
- Postpartum psychosis is a rare but serious condition.产后精神病是一种罕见但严重的状况。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
psychosis 读音像'赛扣西斯'，联想一个人拼命抠自己的头，因为脑子里出现幻觉。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：临床医学、精神病学、心理健康专业讨论 psychosis 是正式的医学术语，通常用于临床诊断、医学文献或专业心理健康讨论；日常口语中较少出现，可译为“精神病”或“精神失常”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -osis 结尾，重读音节为 /oʊ/，后面跟着 /səs/，因此与 psychosis /saɪˈkoʊsəs/ 押韵。注意：psychology /saɪˈkɑːlədʒi/ 和 psychic /ˈsaɪkɪk/ 虽然以 psy- 开头，但发音完全不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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