Word · Frequency #17007
psychotic
精神病的
characteristic of or suffering from psychosis
- 1.
Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.
精神病的,与精神病相关的,或患有精神病的。
精神病的,与精神病相关的,或患有精神病的。
In use
The character in the novel slowly descends into a psychotic state as the story progresses.
Doctors are trying to determine whether the strange behavior is a side effect of the drug or a psychotic reaction.
After months of paranoid delusions, he was finally diagnosed as psychotic and began treatment.
be/become psychotic
形容词用法：psychotic 作形容词表示“精神病的”，常与 be/become 等连系动词连用。
He became psychotic and had to be hospitalized.
他患上了精神病，必须住院。
a psychotic
名词用法：psychotic 作名词指“精神病患者”，是可数名词，复数形式为 psychotics。
A psychotic may not realize they are ill.
一个精神病患者可能意识不到自己生病了。
Common mistakes
He behaved psychotic in the meeting.He behaved psychotically in the meeting.
behaved 是动词，后面需要副词修饰，而 psychotic 是形容词，应改为副词 psychotically，表示“以精神病般的方式”。
The killer is psychotic because he shows no remorse.The killer is psychopathic because he shows no remorse.
psychotic 指精神病性障碍，即与现实脱离；表达“缺乏悔意、反社会人格”时应用 psychopathic。这里句子强调的是“毫无悔意”，所以要用 psychopathic。
The hospital admitted three psychotic last night.The hospital admitted three psychotics last night.
psychotic 作名词表示“精神病患者”时可数，数词 three 后必须用复数形式 psychotics，不能直接使用形容词原形。
Connections
Collocations
- psychotic episode
- 精神病发作
- He was hospitalized after a psychotic episode.他在一次精神病发作后住院了。
- psychotic disorder
- 精神病性障碍
- Schizophrenia is a chronic psychotic disorder.精神分裂症是一种慢性精神病性障碍。
- psychotic symptoms
- 精神病性症状
- The patient showed psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations.患者出现了幻觉等精神病性症状。
- psychotic break
- 突发精神病
- She had a psychotic break and was taken to the hospital.她突发精神病，被送进了医院。
- psychotic depression
- 精神病性抑郁症
- Psychotic depression requires immediate medical attention.精神病性抑郁症需要立即就医。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
发音开头sai像“赛”，想象精神病患者行为失控、像在疯跑比赛，记住psychotic是“精神病的”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：临床诊断、精神病学文献、新闻报道或法律文件 psychotic 多用于医学或心理学等正式语境，日常口语中较少使用；作名词指“精神病患者”时有临床色彩，需注意避免冒犯。
Grammar Note
psychotics
Pronunciation & Spelling
chaotic、neurotic、idiotic、antibiotic 都以 -otic 结尾，重读音节 /kɒt/ 与 psychotic 相同，构成押韵。注意 psychic 和 psycho 虽以 psych- 开头，但读音分别是 /ˈsaɪkɪk/ 和 /ˈsaɪkoʊ/，并不与 psychotic 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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.