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insanity

insanity
[英] [ɪnˈsænətɪ] [美] [ɪnˈsænətɪ] 生词本

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1. N-UNCOUNT 精神错乱;精神失常;疯狂 Insanity is the state of being insane. 

  • The film is a powerful study of a woman's descent into insanity...

    那部电影深入剖析了一个女人堕入疯狂的过程。

  • The defence pleaded insanity, but the defendant was found guilty and sentenced.

    辩方以精神错乱为由进行申辩,但被告被判有罪并获刑。

2. N-UNCOUNT 极端的愚蠢(行为);荒唐(事) If you describe a decision or an action as insanity, you think it is very foolish. 

  • It was a period of collective insanity, of legalized murder and mayhem.

    那是个集体丧失理智、谋杀与暴力合法化的时期。

  • ...the final financial insanity of the 1980s.

    20 世纪 80 年代最后的财政疯狂

Noun

1. relatively permanent disorder of the mind

医学

  • 1.精神病，精神紊乱：与其说是医学术语，不如说是社会和法律用语。它表明病人所处的精神状态对其犯罪行为不知罪责，因而不能给他定罪
1. At the murder trial, he pleaded insanity.
在凶杀案的审理过程中，他以精神失常为由进行抗辩。

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2. In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.
他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。

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3. The legal concept of insanity is of a different nature from the medical.
精神错乱的法律概念与医学概念在性质上是不同的。

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4. There was a streak of insanity in the family.
这个家族有精神错乱的倾向。

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