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madness

noun
🔊/ˈmædnəs/
🔊/ˈmædnəs/
 [uncountable]Idioms
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  1. (old-fashioned) the state of having a serious mental illness精神失常；疯狂 synonym insanity
    • There may be a link between madness and creativity.在疯狂和创造力之间也许有着某种联系。🔊🔊
    • They say that talking to yourself is the first sign of madness!据说自言自语是精神错乱的先兆！
    Topics Personal qualitiesb2
  2. crazy or stupid behaviour that could be dangerous（会带来危险的）癫狂，疯狂，愚蠢行为
    • It would be sheer madness to trust a man like that.信任他这样的人简直是愚蠢至极。🔊🔊
    • In a moment of madness she had agreed to go out with him.由于一时糊涂，她同意和他约会。🔊🔊
    • The real victim in this collective madness is our society.这种集体疯狂的真正受害者是我们的社会。
    see also March Madness™Topics Dangerc1, Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • complete
    • pure
    • …
    phrases
    • the first sign of madness
    • a moment of madness
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Idioms
there’s (a) method in somebody’s madness
  1. there is a reason for somebody’s behaviour and it is not as strange or as stupid as it seems看来奇怪（或愚蠢）的行为有其道理