de·ment·ed
adjective/dɪˈmentɪd/
/dɪˈmentɪd/
- (especially British English) behaving in a crazy way because you are extremely upset or worried
极度焦躁不安的;忧虑失常的;发狂的 - I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
我一直为你担心,都快发疯了。 - The children have driven me demented today.
孩子们今天已经把我逼疯了。 - He was crashing about the house like a demented animal.
他像一只发疯的动物一样在房子里乱撞。
- I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
- (old-fashioned or medical) having dementia
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: past participle of earlier dement ‘drive mad’, from Old French dementer or late Latin dementare, from demens ‘out of one's mind’.