madness
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mad·ness /ˈmædnəs/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 1 especially British EnglishCRAZY very stupid behaviour that could be dangerous or have a very bad effect 愚蠢行为，疯狂it is madness (for somebody) to do something It would be madness to drive all that way on your own. 这么长的路要全程自己一个人开车，那真是疯了。 Cutting down the forest is sheer madness (=completely crazy). 砍伐森林是愚蠢至极的行为。2 MENTALLY ILLserious mental illness 精神病，精神错乱 SYN insanity His family has a history of madness. 他的家族有精神病史。3 moment/fit of madness when someone does something without thinking clearly 一时糊涂 In a moment of madness, I agreed to have the party at my house. 我一时糊涂，同意在我家搞聚会。 → there’s method in/to somebody’s madness at method(3)
Examples from the Corpus
madness• Bearing these points in mind, let us now start to consider the question of creativity and madness in more detail.• She made it sound like bally madness.• I grew possessed by madness to deceive.• Some prisoners feigned madness so that they would be released.• His madness and his recovery were still very much present to him, and he would occasionally talk or write about both.• Grandcourt finds Gwendolen screaming in a fit of madness.• Stores are preparing for the annual holiday shopping madness.• How could my dream have produced such madness?• Smith's photographs reflect the madness of our times.• Hera who never forgot a wrong sent the madness upon him.• By the end of the book, Peter's addiction has led him to madness and suicide.• Maya hears in its voice madness, self-hate.sheer madness• Cutting down the forest is sheer madness.• Clearing a rainforest in this way is sheer madness.• Moving from the shade to the middle of the field seemed sheer madness.mad·ness nounChineseSyllable
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madness
mad‧ness /ˈmædnəs, ˈmædnɪs/
noun [uncountable]
1. especially British English very stupid behaviour that could be dangerous or have a very bad effect
it is madness (for somebody) to do something
It would be madness to drive all that way on your own.
Cutting down the forest is sheer madness (=completely crazy).
2. serious mental illness
SYN insanity:
His family has a history of madness.
3. moment/fit of madness when someone does something without thinking clearly:
In a moment of madness, I agreed to have the party at my house.
⇨ there’s method in/to sb’s madness at method(3)
mad‧ness /ˈmædnəs, ˈmædnɪs/
noun [uncountable]1. especially British English very stupid behaviour that could be dangerous or have a very bad effect
it is madness (for somebody) to do something
2. serious mental illness
SYN insanity:
3. moment/fit of madness when someone does something without thinking clearly:
⇨ there’s method in/to sb’s madness at method(3)
