Hysteria
[hɪ'stɪərɪə] or [hɪ'stɪrɪə]
解释:
(noun.) excessive or uncontrollable fear.
(noun.) neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions.
坎迪编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.
整理:昆廷
同义词及近义词:
n. (Med.) Hysterics.
伊莱扎录入
例句:
- I mastered the rising hysteria, lifted up my head, and took a firm stand on the stool. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Tempered by late incidents, my nerves disdained hysteria. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- History can be all things to all men: nothing is easier than to summon the Terror, the Commune, lynchings in the Southern States, as witnesses to the excesses and hysterias of the mob. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The situation might be compared to those hysterias in which a suppressed impulse flares up and rules the whole mental life. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
奥罗拉编辑