disturbed
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dis·turbed /dɪˈstɜːbd $ -ɜːrbd/ adjective 1 UPSETnot behaving normally because of a mental condition 精神失常的，有精神病的mentally/emotionally disturbed the care of emotionally disturbed children 对情绪失常儿童的照料 while the balance of his mind was disturbed 当他心智失常时2 worried or upset 不安的，烦恼的disturbed by/about/at Police are very disturbed about the latest trend. 警方对最近的动向深感忧虑。seriously/deeply/greatly etc disturbed 非常/深感/极其等不安的disturbed to find/see/discover/learn etc She was disturbed to learn he had bought a motorbike. 得知他买了一辆摩托车，她很担心。disturbed that I’m disturbed that so many of the students appear to be illiterate. 有这么多学生似乎都不识字，这让我担心。3. disturbed sleep sleep that is interrupted 受到打扰的睡眠Examples from the Corpus
disturbed• The defendant is mentally and emotionally disturbed.• The hamster appears lifeless if disturbed, but returns to normal in about five minutes.• Heterosexuality can be more or less narcissistic, it can be very disturbed or not so.• I never realised there were so many disturbed people around.• The reason given by the king was the disturbed state of the kingdom which prevented his attending to ecclesiastical business.• The starlings were disturbed, swirling around in S-shapes and parabolas and unexpected clusters.disturbed children• Porter, a woman of integrity, now on her fourth marriage and deeply fond of both her disturbed children.• The isolation or bunching together of such pupils only provides them with poor role models and intensive interaction with other disturbed children.• This group of disturbed children also had a greater persistence of bedwetting.• It is sad that, as far as disturbed children are concerned, it is also becoming one of the most dangerous.• Some 10,000 seriously emotionally disturbed children under age 18 receive behavioral health services.• The report said that disturbed children were more than twice as likely to become smokers as other youngsters.disturbed that• We are disturbed that audiometry is regarded as unrealistic.• For years, nothing disturbed that conviction as the villagers accepted him and he became one of them.• His parents are disturbed that he's dating a much older woman.• Am disturbed that Marvin should take his side.• Not a flicker of a smile disturbed that noble face, nor even an acknowledgement that he had heard.• So why am I disturbed that Temple University decided last month to cancel a series of public radio commentaries by Abu-Jamal?dis·turbed adjectiveChineseSyllable
not because condition mental a normally Corpus of behaving
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disturbed
dis‧turbed /dɪˈstɜːbd $ -ɜːrbd/
adjective
mentally/emotionally disturbed
the care of emotionally disturbed children
while the balance of his mind was disturbed
2. worried or upset
disturbed by/about/at
Police are very disturbed about the latest trend.
seriously/deeply/greatly etc disturbed
disturbed to find/see/discover/learn etc
She was disturbed to learn he had bought a motorbike.
disturbed that
I’m disturbed that so many of the students appear to be illiterate.
3. disturbed sleep sleep that is interrupted
▪ mentally ill having an illness that affects your mind and your behaviour: Many mentally ill people are treated in the community. | He was declared mentally ill and unfit to stand trial.
▪crazy informal mentally ill: I couldn’t think straight. I felt like I was going crazy (=becoming crazy).
▪mad old-fashioned mentally ill. This word is now usually considered offensive, and is usually used in a different meaning, when you think that someone's ideas are not sensible: Swift himself went mad (=became mad) later in life. | a mad old woman
▪insane [not before noun] old-fashioned having a serious and permanent mental illness: She went insane after her two young sons were murdered. | a hospital for the criminally insane
▪disturbed not behaving in a normal way because of mental or emotional problems, especially problems that are caused by bad experiences: She teaches emotionally disturbed children. | Her experiences left her deeply disturbed.
▪unstable having an emotional state that often changes very suddenly: Her mother was mentally unstable. | He lived in a small Putney flat with his ageing Aunt Bunny, and his emotionally unstable sister, Nancy. | He was too unstable to be a leader.
▪deranged behaving in a crazy or dangerous way, usually because of being mentally ill: A deranged young woman entered the school and took the life of one young boy.
▪psychopathic having a serious and permanent mental illness that causes violent or criminal behaviour: The film is about a psychopathic killer.
▪psychotic suffering from or caused by a serious mental illness that changes your character and makes you unable to behave in a normal way: psychiatric services for chronic psychotic patients. | There is a tendency for psychotic illnesses to be inherited.
▪neurotic relating to or suffering from a mental illness that makes you unreasonably worried of frightened: His mother was neurotic and insecure. | She's neurotic about her weight. | A bored or lonely horse may become so neurotic that it chases itself around in circles.
dis‧turbed /dɪˈstɜːbd $ -ɜːrbd/
adjective Word Family: adjective: disturbed ≠ undisturbed, disturbing; verb: disturb; noun: disturbance; adverb: disturbingly
1. not behaving normally because of a mental conditionmentally/emotionally disturbed
2. worried or upset
disturbed by/about/at
seriously/deeply/greatly etc disturbed
disturbed to find/see/discover/learn etc
disturbed that
3. disturbed sleep sleep that is interrupted
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mentally ill suffering from an illness of the mind, especially in a way that affects the way you think and behave 指有精神病 insane [ ( suffering from a serious mental illness and unable to live in normal societyrather
指精神失常、神经错乱 ：◆ 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？ NOTE In informal Englishinsane can describe sb who is not suffering from a mental illness, but whose mind does not work normally, especially because they are under pressure. This meaning is used especially in the phrasesgo insane anddrive sb insane .在非正式英语中，insane 可用于未患精神病但尤因压力导致心智不正常的人。这一含义尤用于 go insane 和 drive sb insane 短语中。 neurotic ( suffering from or connected with neurosismedical 医学 (= a mental illness in which a person suffers strong feelings of fear and worry )指神经机能病的、神经官能症的 ：◆ the treatment of anxiety in neurotic patients 对神经官能症病人焦虑感的治疗 NOTE In informal English neurotic is also used to describe sb who is not suffering from a mental illness, but is not behaving in a calm way because they are worried about sth.在非正式英语中，neurotic 亦用以指未患精神病、但因担忧而变得神经质的人 ：◆ She became neurotic about keeping the house clean. 她对保持房子清洁有点神经质。 psychotic ( suffering from or connected with psychosismedical 医学 (= a serious mental illness in which thought and emotions lose connection with external reality )指精神错乱的、有精神病的 NOTE In informal Englishpsychotic is sometimes used to describe anyone suffering from a mental illness, but in correct medical usage it only describes people who have difficulty relating to external reality. It contrasts withneurotic , which describes people who are less seriously mentally ill and are still able to distinguish what is real from what is not.在非正式英语中，psychotic 有时用以泛指患有精神疾病，但在正确的医学用语中，只用以描述难以与客观现实建立联系的人，这与 neurotic 形成对比；neurotic 用以描述患精神错乱程度较轻，仍能区分现实与虚幻的人。 disturbed mentally ill, especially because of very unhappy or shocking experiences 指有精神病的、心理不正常的、精神紊乱的，尤因不幸或受刺激所致 ：◆ He works with emotionally disturbed children. 他从事跟精神异常儿童有关的工作。 unstable having emotions and behaviour that are likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly 指情绪、行为反复无常的、不稳定的
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neurotic/psychotic/disturbed/unstable behaviour neurotic/psychotic illnesses/disorders/symptoms/patients seriously mentally ill/neurotic/psychotic/disturbedemotionally/mentally disturbed/unstable