hysteria
noun /hɪˈstɪəriə/
/hɪˈsteriə/, /hɪˈstɪriə/
[uncountable]- 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.
歇斯底里；情绪失控 - There was mass hysteria when the band came on stage.
乐队登台时观众一片疯狂。 - A note of hysteria crept into her voice.
她的声音听来有点歇斯底里。
Topics Feelingsc1- Sam arrived in a state of excitement bordering on hysteria.
萨姆来的时候处于一种近乎于歇斯底里的兴奋状态。 - She felt hysteria rising.
她感觉自己越来越歇斯底里。 - She smashed the place up in a fit of hysteria.
她歇斯底里发作，把这里砸了个乱七八糟。 - She sometimes flew into fits of hysteria.
她有时歇斯底里。 - She was babbling, on the verge of hysteria.
她近乎歇斯底里地胡言乱语。 - That thought was enough to bring on near hysteria.
单单是那种想法就足以引起近乎歇斯底里的反应。 - There was a note of hysteria in his voice.
他声音里透出一丝歇斯底里。 - Fear infected people with mass hysteria.
恐惧让人们陷入一片歇斯底里当中。 - the touch of hysteria in her voice
她声音里透出的一丝歇斯底里
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mass
- public
- mild
- …
- fit
- note
- border on
- cause
- create
- …
- sweep something
- sweep across something
- sweep through something
- …
- hysteria about
- hysteria over
- on the point of hysteria
- on the verge of hysteria
- There was mass hysteria when the band came on stage.
- (disapproving) an extremely excited and exaggerated way of behaving or reacting to an event
大肆鼓吹；狂热夸张；大惊小怪 - 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 - public hysteria about AIDS
公众对艾滋病谈虎色变
- the hysteria whipped up by some newspapers
由一些报纸引发的狂热 - Unnecessary anxiety has been caused by media hysteria and misinformation.
媒体的狂热和虚假报道引起了人们不必要的焦虑。 - Some parts of the media are creating hysteria and exaggerating an important issue.
部份媒体制造混乱，大肆夸张某个重要的问题。 - There is still so much hysteria surrounding the issue.
对这件事情仍有很多狂热情绪。 - public hysteria about the bombings
公众对炸弹事件的过激反应 - hysteria over AIDS
对艾滋病的过度恐慌 - the hysteria that swept through the country
席卷全国的狂热情绪
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mass
- public
- mild
- …
- fit
- note
- border on
- cause
- create
- …
- sweep something
- sweep across something
- sweep through something
- …
- hysteria about
- hysteria over
- on the point of hysteria
- on the verge of hysteria
- the usual media hysteria that surrounds royal visits
- (medical
医学 癔症；歇斯底里
词源early 19th cent.: from Latin hystericus from Greek husterikos ‘of the womb’, from hustera ‘womb’ (hysteria was thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb).