| 词组 | mentally ill |
| 释义 | mentally ill adjective having an illness that affects your mind and your behaviour: Many people who are homeless or in prison are mentally ill.verbsbecome mentally ill The painter became mentally ill at an early age.sb is declared mentally ill He was declared mentally ill and unfit to stand trial.THESAURUS: mentally ill crazy informal mentally ill: I couldn’t think straight. I felt like I was going crazy (=becoming crazy). | There are some crazy people out there. mad old-fashioned mentally ill: Swift himself went mad (=became mad) later in life. | She kept talking to herself, like a mad old woman.Mad is now usually considered offensive, and is usually used in a different meaning, when you think that someone’s ideas or actions are completely crazy: He must be mad to drive in this weather. insane old-fashioned having a serious and permanent mental illness: She went insane after her two young sons were murdered (=she became insane). | a hospital for the criminally insane (=people who committed crimes but did not go to prison because they were mentally ill).Insane is now usually considered offensive, and is usually used in a different meaning, when you think that someone’s ideas or actions are not sensible: My friends all thought I was insane when I told them about my idea. disturbed not behaving in a normal way because of mental or emotional problems, especially problems that are caused by bad experiences: She teaches emotionally disturbed children. | Her experiences left her deeply disturbed. unstable having an emotional state that often changes very suddenly: Her mother was mentally unstable. | He lived in a small Putney flat with his ageing Aunt Bunny, and his emotionally unstable sister, Nancy. | He was too unstable to be a leader. deranged behaving in a crazy or dangerous way, usually because of being mentally ill: A deranged young woman entered the school and took the life of one young boy. psychopathic having a serious and permanent mental illness that causes violent or criminal behaviour: The film is about a psychopathic killer. psychotic suffering from or caused by a serious mental illness that changes your character and makes you unable to behave in a normal way: psychiatric services for chronic psychotic patients | There is a tendency for psychotic illnesses to be inherited. neurotic relating to or suffering from a mental illness that makes you unreasonably worried or frightened: His mother was neurotic and insecure. | She’s neurotic about her weight. | A bored or lonely horse may become so neurotic that it chases itself around in circles. |
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