dis·turbed
adjective/dɪˈstɜːbd/
/dɪˈstɜːrbd/
- mentally ill, especially because of very unhappy or unpleasant experiences
有精神病的;心理不正常的;精神紊乱的 - a special school for emotionally disturbed children
为精神异常儿童开办的特殊学校 - His behaviour is deeply disturbed.
他的行为极其失常。
Which Word? Talking about mental healthTalking about mental health- Do not use the words mad or crazy to describe somebody who has a mental illness. You can say that somebody has a mental illness, has mental health issues/problems or is mentally ill:
- I have experienced mental health issues since the age of 14.
我从 14 岁起就经历了心理健康问题。 - The pressure made her mentally ill.
压力让她患上了精神病。
- I have an anxiety disorder.
我患有焦虑症。 - He had a psychotic episode.
他有过一次精神病发作。
- I have experienced mental health issues since the age of 14.
- Disturbed can be used to describe somebody who has problems with mental health because of very unhappy or unpleasant experiences:
- He works with emotionally disturbed children.
他从事跟精神异常儿童有关的工作。
- He works with emotionally disturbed children.
- Insane is a formal or old-fashioned term used in the past to describe somebody with a serious mental illness. It can now be offensive, although it still has a technical use in law meaning that somebody is not able to understand that their own actions are wrong or not able to understand a trial process:
- The question is, was the man insane when he committed the crime?
问题在于这男人犯罪时是否处于精神失常状态?
- The question is, was the man insane when he committed the crime?
Extra Examples- Many of our patients are severely disturbed.
我们的许多病人精神严重失常。 - Some of the people on the ward are very disturbed.
病房里的一些人很不安。 - Their father seems to be seriously disturbed.
他们的父亲似乎受到了严重的困扰。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- deeply
- highly
- seriously
- …
- a special school for emotionally disturbed children
- unhappy and full of bad or horrible experiences
不幸的;多灾多难的;坎坷的 - The killer had a disturbed family background.
那名杀手出身于一个坎坷不幸的家庭。
- The killer had a disturbed family background.
- very anxious and unhappy about something
心神不安的;心烦意乱的;烦恼的 - I was deeply disturbed and depressed by the news.
这消息使我深感不安和沮丧。 - I felt vaguely disturbed by the incident.
这件事让我感到隐约有些不安。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- deeply
- greatly
- profoundly
- …
- by
compare undisturbed - I was deeply disturbed and depressed by the news.