mad /mæd/ CET4 TEM4 ( madder, maddest )

• 1. 

  ADJ If you say that someone is mad, you mean that they are very angry. 狂怒的 [非正式]

  例：

  You're just mad at me because I don't want to go.

  因为我不想去，你就冲我发火。

• 2. 

  ADJ You use mad to describe people or things that you think are very foolish. 蠢疯的 [表不满]

  例：

  You'd be mad to work with him again.

  你要是再和他一起工作就是蠢疯了。

• 3. 

  madness N-UNCOUNT 蠢疯

  例：

  It is political madness.

  这是政治蠢疯。

• 4. 

  ADJ Someone who is mad has a mind that does not work in a normal way, with the result that their behaviour is very strange. (人) 疯的

  例：

  She was afraid of going mad.

  她担心变疯。

• 5. 

  madness N-UNCOUNT 疯

  例：

  He was driven to the brink of madness.

  他被逼到了疯狂的边缘。

• 6. 

  ADJ If you are mad about something or someone, you like them very much. 疯迷的 [非正式] [v-link ADJ 'about/on' n]

  例：

  She's not as mad about sports as I am.

  她不像我那样对体育疯迷。

  例：

  He's mad about you.

  他对你疯迷。

• 7. 

  COMB in ADJ Mad is also a combining form. 疯迷…的 (用于构成合成词) [英国英语]

  例：

  ...his football-mad son.

  …他的疯迷足球的儿子。

• 8. 

  ADJ Mad behaviour is wild and uncontrolled. (行为) 疯狂的

  例：

  You only have an hour to complete the game so it's a mad dash against the clock.

  你们只有一个小时完成比赛，因此这是和时间的一次疯狂角逐。

• 9. 

  madly ADV 疯狂地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  Down in the streets people were waving madly.

  下面大街上，人们在疯狂地挥手。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying. 使某人发疯 [非正式]

  例：

  There are certain things he does that drive me mad.

  他干的某些事使我发疯。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you do something like mad, you do it very energetically or enthusiastically. 疯了似地 [非正式]

  例：

  He was weight training like mad.

  他在疯了似地进行举重训练。

• 12. 

  → see also madly