the state of having a normal healthy mind 精神健全；神志正常 His behaviour was so strange that I began to question his sanity. 他的行为如此奇怪，我开始怀疑他是否神智正常。 to keep/preserve your sanity 保持头脑清醒
Extra ExamplesI fear for her sanity if this continues much longer. 长此以往，我担心她会疯掉。 Such a move is essential for the sanity of all concerned. 这一行动对保持所有相关人员的理智至关重要。 The pace of city life threatens our sanity. 城市生活的节奏威胁到我们的精神健康。 There were moments when he doubted his own sanity. 有时他甚至怀疑自己神志是否正常。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + sanity- doubt
- question
- fear for
- …
- return
- prevail
- for somebody’s sanity
- voice of sanity
the state of being sensible and reasonable 明智；理智；通情达理 After a series of road accidents the police pleaded for sanity among drivers. 在发生一系列交通事故之后，警方提请驾驶员要审慎驾车。
Extra ExamplesWe need a return to economic sanity. 我们需要经济的理性回归。 We are delighted that sanity has prevailed and the right decision has been made. 我们很高兴理智占了上风，做出了正确的决定。 We still hope that sanity will prevail. 我们仍然希望理智占上风。 We need to bring some sanity to this issue. 在这个问题上我们要理智。 Stock market trading slowly settled down as sanity returned. 随着人们逐渐恢复理智，股市交易也慢慢稳定了下来。 He was a voice of sanity in the Republican Party. 他是共和党中发出理智声音的人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + sanity- doubt
- question
- fear for
- …
- return
- prevail
- for somebody’s sanity
- voice of sanity
opposite insanity see also sane
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘health’): from Latin sanitas ‘health’, from sanus ‘healthy’. Current senses date from the early 17th cent.