lunacy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

lu·na·cy /ˈluːnəsi/ noun [uncountable] 1 CRAZYa situation or behaviour that is completely crazy 疯狂；疯狂的行为 SYN madness It would be sheer lunacy to turn down a job offer like that. 拒绝那样的工作简直是发疯了。2. old-fashionedMIMENTALLY ILL mental illness 精神病，精神失常

Examples from the Corpus

lunacy• In drunken lunacy we had two execrable hamburgers and three orders of cold, greasy fries at the refreshment stand.• The signs of inherent lunacy have always been there.• But assisting her investigations into a perfectly natural death as if it were murder was little short of lunacy.• This sort of lunacy goes on every day in the public schools and universities of our nation.• To administer torture while within the warp - to a talented Astropath of all people - would be plain lunacy.• Does he agree that such a policy - it is, of course, Labour policy - would be sheer lunacy?• It seemed an act of sheer lunacy.sheer lunacy• And fans are in no doubt as to where bravery ends and sheer lunacy begins.• In these conditions, to encourage mass protest over which they would have no control appeared sheer lunacy.• It would be sheer lunacy to turn down a great offer like that.• Does he agree that such a policy - it is, of course, Labour policy - would be sheer lunacy?• It seemed an act of sheer lunacy.Origin lunacy (1500-1600) lunatic