sanity
noun /ˈsænəti/
/ˈsænəti/
[uncountable]- the state of having a normal healthy mind
精神健全；神志正常 - His behaviour was so strange that I began to question his sanity.
他的行为如此奇怪，我开始怀疑他是否神智正常。 - to keep/preserve your sanity
保持头脑清醒
- I fear for her sanity if this continues much longer.
长此以往，我担心她会疯掉。 - Such a move is essential for the sanity of all concerned.
这一行动对保持所有相关人员的理智至关重要。 - The pace of city life threatens our sanity.
城市生活的节奏威胁到我们的精神健康。 - There were moments when he doubted his own sanity.
有时他甚至怀疑自己神志是否正常。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + sanity- doubt
- question
- fear for
- …
- return
- prevail
- for somebody’s sanity
- voice of sanity
- His behaviour was so strange that I began to question his sanity.
- the state of being sensible and reasonable
明智；理智；通情达理 - After a series of road accidents the police pleaded for sanity among drivers.
在发生一系列交通事故之后，警方提请驾驶员要审慎驾车。
- We need a return to economic sanity.
我们需要经济的理性回归。 - We are delighted that sanity has prevailed and the right decision has been made.
我们很高兴理智占了上风，做出了正确的决定。 - We still hope that sanity will prevail.
我们仍然希望理智占上风。 - We need to bring some sanity to this issue.
在这个问题上我们要理智。 - Stock market trading slowly settled down as sanity returned.
随着人们逐渐恢复理智，股市交易也慢慢稳定了下来。 - He was a voice of sanity in the Republican Party.
他是共和党中发出理智声音的人。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + sanity- doubt
- question
- fear for
- …
- return
- prevail
- for somebody’s sanity
- voice of sanity
opposite insanity see also sane - After a series of road accidents the police pleaded for sanity among drivers.
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘health’): from Latin sanitas ‘health’, from sanus ‘healthy’. Current senses date from the early 17th cent.