a state of extreme excitement, fear or anger in which a person, or a group of people, loses control of their emotions and starts to cry, laugh, etc. 歇斯底里；情绪失控 There was mass hysteria when the band came on stage. 乐队登台时观众一片疯狂。 A note of hysteria crept into her voice. 她的声音听来有点歇斯底里。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1Sam arrived in a state of excitement bordering on hysteria. 萨姆来的时候处于一种近乎于歇斯底里的兴奋状态。 She felt hysteria rising. 她感觉自己越来越歇斯底里。 She smashed the place up in a fit of hysteria. 她歇斯底里发作，把这里砸了个乱七八糟。 She sometimes flew into fits of hysteria. 她有时歇斯底里。 She was babbling, on the verge of hysteria. 她近乎歇斯底里地胡言乱语。 That thought was enough to bring on near hysteria. 单单是那种想法就足以引起近乎歇斯底里的反应。 There was a note of hysteria in his voice. 他声音里透出一丝歇斯底里。 Fear infected people with mass hysteria. 恐惧让人们陷入一片歇斯底里当中。 the touch of hysteria in her voice 她声音里透出的一丝歇斯底里
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mass
- public
- mild
- …
- fit
- note
- border on
- cause
- create
- …
- sweep something
- sweep across something
- sweep through something
- …
- hysteria about
- hysteria over
- on the point of hysteria
- on the verge of hysteria
- (disapproving)
an extremely excited and exaggerated way of behaving or reacting to an event 大肆鼓吹；狂热夸张；大惊小怪 the usual media hysteria that surrounds royal visits 媒体对于王室成员访问的惯常的大肆渲染 public hysteria about AIDS 公众对艾滋病谈虎色变
Extra Examplesthe hysteria whipped up by some newspapers 由一些报纸引发的狂热 Unnecessary anxiety has been caused by media hysteria and misinformation. 媒体的狂热和虚假报道引起了人们不必要的焦虑。 Some parts of the media are creating hysteria and exaggerating an important issue. 部份媒体制造混乱，大肆夸张某个重要的问题。 There is still so much hysteria surrounding the issue. 对这件事情仍有很多狂热情绪。 public hysteria about the bombings 公众对炸弹事件的过激反应 hysteria over AIDS 对艾滋病的过度恐慌 the hysteria that swept through the country 席卷全国的狂热情绪
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mass
- public
- mild
- …
- fit
- note
- border on
- cause
- create
- …
- sweep something
- sweep across something
- sweep through something
- …
- hysteria about
- hysteria over
- on the point of hysteria
- on the verge of hysteria
- (
medical 医学 a condition in which somebody experiences violent or extreme emotions that they cannot control, especially as a result of shock 癔症；歇斯底里
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin hystericus from Greek husterikos ‘of the womb’, from hustera ‘womb’ (hysteria was thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb).