hysteria

英 [hɪˈstɪəriə]

美 [hɪˈstɪriə]

n.  歇斯底里; 情绪狂暴不可抑止; 大肆鼓吹; 狂热夸张; 大惊小怪; 癔病

复数：hysterias　

CET6GRE医学

Collins.1 / BNC.11749 / COCA.10247

牛津词典

noun

• 歇斯底里；情绪狂暴不可抑止
  a state of extreme excitement, fear or anger in which a person, or a group of people, loses control of their emotions and starts to cry, laugh, etc.
  1. There was mass hysteria when the band came on stage.
     乐队登台时观众一片疯狂。
  2. A note of hysteria crept into her voice.
     她的声音听来有点歇斯底里。
• 大肆鼓吹；狂热夸张；大惊小怪
  an extremely excited and exaggerated way of behaving or reacting to an event
  1. the usual media hysteria that surrounds royal visits
     媒体对于王室成员访问的惯常的大肆渲染
  2. public hysteria about AIDS
     公众对艾滋病谈虎色变
• 癔病；歇斯底里
  a condition in which sb experiences violent or extreme emotions that they cannot control, especially as a result of shock

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （一群人的）情绪失控，狂野情绪的爆发
  Hysteriaamong a group of people is a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic.
  1. No one could help getting carried away by the hysteria...
     所有人都不由自主地受到狂热情绪的感染。
  2. Several were hurt in the panic. 'It was mass hysteria,' said Rev John Borders.
     数人在恐慌中受了伤。“人们都疯了，”约翰·博德斯牧师说。
• N-UNCOUNT 癔病;歇斯底里
  A person who is suffering fromhysteriais in a state of violent and disturbed emotion as a result of shock.
  1. By now, she was screaming, completely overcome with hysteria.
     现在她正在尖叫，完全处于癔病发作状态。

英英释义

noun

• excessive or uncontrollable fear
• state of violent mental agitation
  Synonym:crazedeliriumfrenzyfury
• neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
  Synonym:hysterical neurosis

双语例句

• Public hysteria fanned fears of an invasion.
  公众的歇斯底里情绪引发了对侵略的恐惧。
• Connie had recovered from her hysteria.
  康妮从歇斯底里中恢复过来了。
• Morgan knew this would cause mass hysteria which would affect other banks as well, and it did.
  摩根知道这样引起的群众大恐慌同样会影响其它的银行，结果的确起到了影响。
• But in this, environmental hysteria about nuclear power is matched by green delusions about renewable energy.
  然而这种说法之中，关于核能的环保神经质与对可再生能源的绿色错觉同样严重。
• And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
  你能听到这歇斯底里的呐喊吗？
• Their grief turned to hysteria when the funeral procession arrived at the cemetery
  当送葬队走到墓地时，他们更加悲恸欲绝。
• Tabloid hysteria about the murders has increased public fears.
  小报对于谋杀案歇斯底里的报道增加了公众的恐慌。
• And since AIDS was initially fatal and untreatable the "gay plague" there was hysteria about contracting it.
  由于艾滋病一开始就是致命的，而且无法治愈，因此人们一旦确诊感染了这种“同性恋瘟疫”&也就是HIV，往往就会陷入歇斯底里的境地。
• Several were hurt in the panic. 'It was mass hysteria,' said Rev John Borders.
  数人在恐慌中受了伤。“人们都疯了，”约翰·博德斯牧师说。
• It is precisely in the Inner Party that war hysteria and hatred of the enemy are strongest.
  战争歇斯底里和对敌仇恨在核心党内最为强烈。