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| /hɪˈsterɪkl/ |
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| 1 | behaving in an uncontrolled way because you are extremely excited , afraid , or upset （因激动、害怕或气恼而）狂热的，情绪异常激动的 |
| She wasn’ t hysterical, just crying. 她的情绪并没有非常激动，她只是在哭。 |
| | 1a | reacting to something in an unreasonable way 歇斯底里的；异常兴奋的 | | Media coverage of the issue has been hysterical. 媒体在这一问题的报道上始终显得异常兴奋。 | |
| | 1b | suffering from the medical condition of hysteria 有癔病的 | |
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| 2 | spoken extremely funny 极可笑的；非常滑稽的 |
| He didn’ t have a clue what was going on, and we all thought it was hysterical. 他对正在发生的事一无所知，对此我们觉得很可笑。 |
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| hysterically adv |
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| hysterically funny 好笑极了 |
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