| 单词 | power-mad |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspower-mad power-mad adj. = power-crazed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > morbidly preoccupied > specific power-mad1898 coprophilic1927 quantophrenic1956 1898 Broad Ax (Salt Lake City, Utah) 15 Jan. Everybody hereabouts has gone power-mad, says a letter from Niagara Falls, and no wonder, for each day as it passes but adds to the certainty that wealth..is to be gotten out of Niagara's green waters by those who have dared to harness the world's greatest cataract. 1939 P. G. Chadwick Death Guard ii. 80 Edom Beldite, ‘the power-mad myriadaire’,..became Edom Beldite, ‘the man who sacrificed his millions that Britain might not be disarmed when the crisis came.’ 1992 M. Medved Hollywood vs. Amer. ii. iv. 56 From their headquarters in the local church, they follow a power-mad preacher called Malachi. < as lemmas |
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