每日一词.neurotic
- 挪威海的醉鲨
- 2022-07-10 16:41:37
neurotic 英 /njʊə'rɒtɪk/ 美 /nʊ'rɑ:tɪk/
[adj] Abnormally sensitive, obsessive, or anxious
[形容词] 神经过敏的; 神经质的; 易激动的
【记】neur- 表示神经
【经济学人例句】
For the truly neurotic, there is yet more reassurance.
对于真实的神经病患者,仍可以更加放心。
Mr Blankfein's neurotic impulses are well founded, however.
但是,Blankfein先生的神经质的冲动是由根据的。
He persuaded President Eisenhower that Mrs Clare Boothe Luce, his talented, neurotic wife, should be posted to Rome as the American ambassador.
他曾游说艾森豪威尔总统,让他天才而神经质的妻子克莱尔布斯卢斯夫人,应当被派往罗马担任美国驻意大利大使。
“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time,” she said, “then I'm neurotic as hell.”
她说,“要是神经质意味着同时要求两件互相排斥的事物的话, 那我就是神经质得要命。"
【真题例句】
It is not surprising that anthropologists find that the adolescents of primitive communities do not suffer from the same neurotic“difficulties” as those of civilized life. (专四2014)
人类学家发现文明社会的青少年会患上“神经困难症”,但原始社会的青少年却不会,这就不足为奇了。
句说:主句主干为It is not surprising that...
It 在句中作形式主语,真正的主语是后面that anthropologists find that…
该主语从句中又嵌套了宾语从句that the adolescents... civilized life。
介词短语of primitive communities 作后置定语,修饰 the adolescents
词说
Neurotic一词来自希腊语neuron(神经),由neuro(神经)和形容词后缀otic组成。用作名词时,专指医学上患有精神障碍的病人,如a ~ person(神经质者)。日常使用可形容某人神经过敏或是精神焦虑,~ behaviour/tendencies (神经质的行为/倾向)

《大侦探波洛》
He was also nervous, highly neurotic,and extremely suggestible.
同时他精神紧张,神经高度过敏,而且极其易受影响。

《午夜巴塞罗那》
Well, you would, because you're a neurotic.
你当然这么觉得啦,你脑袋秀逗了。