- [uncountable]
the state of being insane synonym madness opposite sanity精神失常;精神錯亂;精神病 Extra ExamplesHamlet feigns insanity to disguise his bloody motive. 哈姆雷特佯裝瘋癫,掩飾自己的血腥動機。 His lawyer got him off on an insanity plea. 他的律師以精神失常爲由成功地爲他作了無罪辯護。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- temporary
- plead
- feign
- stop
- …
- defence/defense
- plea
- by reason of insanity
- [uncountable] (also insanities [plural])
actions that are very stupid and possibly dangerous synonym madness, lunacy十分愚蠢的行爲;荒唐的行爲 It would be sheer insanity to attempt the trip in such bad weather. 天氣這麽糟糕還要去旅行,太荒唐了。 Congress has one option to stop this insanity. 議會有一個辦法阻止這一瘋狂行爲。 But the show does capture the various insanities and absurdities of his life. 但這部劇確實捕捉到了他生活中的各種瘋狂和荒謬。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin insanitas, from insanus, from in- ‘not’ + sanus ‘healthy’.