| 释义 |
●the ˌlunatic ˈfringe (disapproving) members of an organization or group who are more extreme than the others; extreme groups （组织或集团内的）极端分子；极端（或狂热）分子集团◆It’s the lunatic fringe of the Animal Liberation Front which smashes the windows of butchers’ shops, not ordinary members like us.是“动物解放阵线”的极端分子打碎了肉店的玻璃窗，可不是我们这样的普通成员。 ORIGIN The word lunatic means crazy. It comes from the Latin word luna, meaning ‘moon’, because people believed that the changes in the moon caused temporary madness. * lunatic 意为“疯狂的”，源于拉丁语 luna 一词，意为“月亮”。人们相信月亮的变化会导致暂时性的疯狂行为。 |