demented

形容词疯狂的，精神错乱的

动词精神错乱，变得痴呆（dement的过去分词）

1. 失去本性的, 发狂的, 精神错乱的：demented 失去本性的, 发狂的, 精神错乱的 | mediography (有关某一特定主题的)视听资料目录 | subsurface wave 亚表面波 界面波, 内波

2. 痴呆的：dement 使发疯 | demented 痴呆的 | dementia 痴呆

3. 发狂的：dementation 发狂 | demented 发狂的 | dementi 正式否认

4. 瘋癲程式：區別點 demarcation point | 瘋癲程式 demented | 非軍事區 de-militarised zone,DMZ

1. 精神错乱的;（尤指）患早老性痴呆的
    Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.

    e.g. At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home?
           到了什么时候算是有必要把早老性痴呆病人送到养老院去？

2. 古怪的;愚蠢的;疯狂的
    If you describe someone as demented, you think that their actions are strange, foolish, or uncontrolled.

    e.g. He had been granted his own TV show by some demented executive...
           某个愚蠢的主管已经批准他自己来做一个电视节目。
    e.g. Sid broke into demented laughter.
           锡德狂笑起来。

1. The result was that I began to hop up and down on the spot like a demented rabbit.

2. The protracted hoots and wailing of jumpers echo across the lake like the calls of demented birds.

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