caused by or suffering from neurosis (= a mental illness in which a person suffers strong feelings of fear and worry) 神經症的;神經官能症的 neurotic obsessions 神經症引起的強迫觀念
Extra Examplesa seriously neurotic person in need of help 需要幫助的嚴重神經質的人 Freud did not believe that neurotic symptoms always had a sexual cause. 弗洛伊德不相信神經質症狀總是有性原因的。 the treatment of anxiety in neurotic patients 對神經官能症病人焦慮感的治療
not behaving in a reasonable, calm way, because you are worried about something 神經質的;神經過敏的 She became neurotic about keeping the house clean. 她變得對保持房屋清潔有點神經質。 He's a brilliant but neurotic actor. 他是個傑出但有些神經質的演員。
Synonyms nervousnervous- neurotic
- on edge
- jittery
- nervous easily worried or frightened:
He was of a nervous disposition. 他生性緊張。
- neurotic not behaving in a reasonable, calm way, because you are worried about something:
She became neurotic about keeping the house clean. 她變得對保持房屋清潔有點神經質。
- on edge nervous or easily made angry:
She was always on edge before an interview. 她在面試前總是緊張不安。
- jittery (informal
) anxious and nervous: 指緊張不安的、心神不甯的: All this talk of job losses was making him jittery. 所有這些關於失業的話題使他心神不甯。
- a nervous/neurotic man/woman/girl
- to feel nervous/on edge/jittery
- a bit nervous/on edge/jittery
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2You're being neurotic. 你太神經質了。 What makes a person neurotic? 是什麽讓一個人變得神經質?