par·a·noi·a
noun/ˌpærəˈnɔɪə/
/ˌpærəˈnɔɪə/
[uncountable]- the belief that other people dislike or want to harm you, when there is no evidence or reason for this
在没有证据或理由的情况下相信其他人不喜欢或想要伤害你 - External threats will just fuel paranoia among those in power.
外部威胁只会加剧当权者的偏执。 - I was full of paranoia that people were talking about me.
我对人们在谈论我充满了偏执。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- Give your partner a chance to explain themselves and try not to give way to paranoia.
给你的伴侣一个解释自己的机会，尽量不要陷入偏执。 - The press just play on people's paranoia and insecurities.
媒体只是利用了人们的偏执和不安全感。 - The regime is in the grip of severe paranoia.
该政府处于严重的偏执狂的掌控之中。 - the anti-communist paranoia of the 1950s
20 世纪 50 年代的反共狂潮 - his paranoia that people might find out
他对人们可能会有所察觉的无端恐惧
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rampant
- extreme
- severe
- …
- suffer from
- border on
- verge on
- …
- kick in
- set in
- grip somebody
- …
- External threats will just fuel paranoia among those in power.
- (psychology) false beliefs that are part of a mental illness, especially the belief that people are trying or planning to harm you
属于精神疾病一部分的错误信念，尤其是认为人们正在试图或计划伤害您的信念 - The drugs can induce paranoia.
这些药物会诱发偏执。
Wordfinder- anorexia
- autism
- bipolar disorder
- condition
- dementia
- depression
- paranoia
- psychosis
- schizophrenia
Extra ExamplesTopics Mental healthc2- He was gripped by paranoia.
他为偏执所累。 - Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.
她的洁癖近乎偏执。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rampant
- extreme
- severe
- …
- suffer from
- border on
- verge on
- …
- kick in
- set in
- grip somebody
- …
- The drugs can induce paranoia.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, from paranoos ‘distracted’, from para ‘irregular’ + noos ‘mind’.