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mad
mad / mAd ; mAd /adjective
madder, maddest
1. ANGRY 生气的, not before nouninformal especially AmEangry生气的:
[+ at ]
Are you still mad at me?你还生我的气吗?
We get mad at each other sometimes, like any family.我们有时也会红脸,和任何家庭一样。
[+ about ]
There's no need to get mad about it!没有必要为这事发火!
You make me so mad !你真把我气坏了!
[+ with ] BrE:
His wife will be really mad with him.他妻子会对他很生气的。
go mad BrE ( =become very angry ) 生气,光火:
Look at this mess! Mum will go mad!看这一团糟! 妈妈会生气的!
hopping mad ( = very angry )十分生气的
(as) mad as hell ( = a rude way of saying very angry )十分生气的〔粗鲁的说法〕
2. CRAZY 疯狂的, especially BrEcrazy or very silly疯狂的; 极愚蠢(不明智)的:
He can't possibly get that finished in time. He must be mad !他不可能按时完成的。 他一定是疯了!
I'd go mad (=start to feel crazy) if I was stuck at home all day.如果我整天困在家里我会发疯的。
He's been driving me mad !他真让我受不了!
You've agreed to marry him! Are you mad?你已经同意跟他结婚了! 你疯了吗?
Surely no one would be mad enough to fly in this weather?肯定没有人会傻到在这样的天气条件下飞行吧?
My friends all think I'm stark raving mad (=completely crazy) .我的朋友都认为我是彻底地疯了。
It's enough to send you barking mad (=completely crazy) .这足以让你发狂。
as mad as a hatter / March hare ( = completely crazy )发狂的
3. UNCONTROLLED 失控的, especially BrEbehaving in a wild uncontrolled way, without thinking about what you are doing举止狂暴的; 失控的:
mad dash / rush / panic etc
We all made a mad dash for the door.我们所有人都发疯似的向门口冲去。
mad with grief / fear / jealousy etc
When she heard of her son's death, she was mad with grief.听到儿子的死讯,她悲伤得几乎发疯了。
When Italy scored, the crowd went mad (=became very excited) .意大利队进了球,观众欣喜若狂。
We went a bit mad (=spent a lot of money) and ordered champagne.我们奢侈地要了香槟。
4. be mad about / for / on sb / sth informal especially BrEto like someone or something very much特别喜欢(痴迷,迷恋)某人/某物;SYNcrazy
My daughter is mad about Robbie Williams.我女儿对罗比·威廉斯非常着迷。
He's mad about computer games.他痴迷于计算机游戏。
All the girls at school are mad for him.学校里的女孩子都非常迷恋他。
be mad keen (on sth)
'Did you enjoy the film?' 'I wasn't mad keen.'“你喜欢这部电影吗?”“我并不十分喜欢。”
be mad for it ( = want to do something very much )很想做某事
5. MENTALLY ILL 疯癫的,患精神病的, especially BrEold-fashioned informal mentally ill疯癫的,患精神病的,精神错乱的;SYNinsane
Mr Rochester's mad wife罗切斯特先生的疯妻
He turned towards me with a mad look in his eyes.他转向我,眼里带着疯狂的神色。
the cartoon figure of the mad scientist 疯子科学家这一卡通人物
6. like mad informalvery much, very quickly, or with a lot of energy非常〔多、快、精力充沛等〕:
I caught my thumb in the door and it hurt like mad.我的大拇指被门卡了,疼得要命。
She ran like mad to catch the bus.她拼命跑着去赶公共汽车。
7. don't go mad BrE spokenused to tell someone not to work too hard, get too excited, or spend too much money别不要命地干; 别太激动; 别乱花钱:
I know you've got a lot to do but don't go mad.我知道你有许多事情要做,但也别不要命地干。
8. power-mad / money-mad / sex-mad etc only interested in having power, money etc and doing everything possible to get it只对权/钱/性等感兴趣的:
a power-mad dictator权迷心窍的独裁者

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