demented

英 [dɪˈmentɪd]

美 [dɪˈmentɪd]

adj. 极度焦躁不安的; 忧虑失常的; 发狂的; 痴呆的

Collins.1 / BNC.15179 / COCA.17632

牛津词典

adj.

极度焦躁不安的；忧虑失常的；发狂的
behaving in a crazy way because you are extremely upset or worried
1. I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
  我一直为你担心，都快发疯了。
痴呆的；发狂的
having a mental illness

ADJ-GRADED 精神错乱的;（尤指）患早老性痴呆的
Someone who isdementedhas a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.
1. At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home?
  到了什么时候算是有必要把早老性痴呆病人送到养老院去？
ADJ-GRADED 古怪的;愚蠢的;疯狂的
If you describe someone asdemented, you think that their actions are strange, foolish, or uncontrolled.
1. He had been granted his own TV show by some demented executive...
  某个愚蠢的主管已经批准他自己来做一个电视节目。
2. Sid broke into demented laughter.
  锡德狂笑起来。

adj

affected with madness or insanity
1. a man who had gone mad
Synonym:brainsickcrazydisturbedmadsickunbalancedunhinged

Nursing a demented person is an all-consuming task
照顾一个精神病人是时刻都要劳神费力的苦差事。
He was demented about New York City, Rudolph decided.
他把纽约城恨得入骨，鲁道夫断定。
At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home?
到了什么时候算是有必要把早老性痴呆病人送到养老院去？
When her child is two hours late, she becomes quite demented.
她孩子晚了两个小时，她心急如焚。
'They looked sort of demented,' he said.
他说，她们看上去有点精神错乱。
However mad I am feeling in these dark, demented days before Christmas, I keep reminding myself how much worse things could be.
在圣诞节前黑暗、令人发疯的日子里，无论我感觉多么疯狂，我都提醒自己没准事情原本比这还要糟得多。
And even if they were tolerably normal to start off with, the stress, the power and the glory often makes them demented in the end.
即便他们一开始尚能表现正常，但压力、权力和荣耀往往使他们最终精神错乱。
My demented sister is even more demented than I thought.
我那疯狂的妹妹比我想像的还疯狂。
Whoever did this must have been demented; no sane person would have acted in such a way.
凡是做这件事的人一定是疯了，任何正常人都不会这么做。
He writes in despair, and the result is a demented book.
他是在绝望中写作的，写出来的是一本疯狂的书。