dementia是什么意思
- 英式英标[dɪ\'mɛnʃə]
- 美式音标[dɪ\'menʃə]
中文词源
dementia 痴呆
来自demented, 发狂的。
英文词源
- dementia (n.)
- 1806, from Latin dementia "madness, insanity," literally "a being out of one's mind," from dement-, stem of demens "mad, raving" (see dement) + abstract noun suffix -ia. It existed earlier in an anglicized form, demency (1520s), from French démence. Dementia praecox is a Modern Latin form recorded from 1899 in English, 1891 in German, from French démence précoce (1857). See precocious.
实用例句
- 1. Within the umbrella term "dementia" there are many different kinds of disease.
- “痴呆”这一统称里包括多种不同的疾病。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. What exactly goes wrong with those suffering from senile dementia?
- 那些患老年痴呆症的人到底出了什么问题？
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She is suffering from senile dementia.
- 她患有老年痴呆症。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They possessed a large share of that singular cunning which characterizes this form of dementia.
- 他们所具有的那种异常的狡诈,也正是智力丧失症的一种特征.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Senile dementia patients aren't completely out of their minds.
- 老年痴呆患者是不能控制自己的思想的.
来自电影对白
