demented是什么意思？

demented

英[dɪˈmentɪd] 美[dɪˈmɛntɪd]

• adj. 疯狂的，精神错乱的；
• v. 精神错乱，变得痴呆（dement的过去分词）；

副词：dementedly;

例句

• They believe that the spirits of the dead will anyway drive the LRA commanders demented. 他们相信死者的灵魂将至少会使上帝抵抗军的指挥官们精神不得安宁.
• I've been nearly demented with worry about you. 我一直为你担心，都快发疯了。
• Sid broke into demented laughter. 锡德狂笑起来。
• He had been granted his own TV show by some demented executive... 某个愚蠢的主管已经批准他自己来做一个电视节目。
• At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home? 到了什么时候算是有必要把早老性痴呆病人送到养老院去？

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  精神错乱的;（尤指）患早老性痴呆的
  Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.
  例句
  At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home? 到了什么时候算是有必要把早老性痴呆病人送到养老院去？
• ADJ-GRADED
  古怪的;愚蠢的;疯狂的
  If you describe someone as demented, you think that their actions are strange, foolish, or uncontrolled.
  例句
  He had been granted his own TV show by some demented executive... 某个愚蠢的主管已经批准他自己来做一个电视节目。 Sid broke into demented laughter. 锡德狂笑起来。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. affected with madness or insanity;
  "a man who had gone mad"

行业词典

• 医学： 痴呆的：丧失理性、智力退化的；