英语词汇“derange”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To derange someone is to make her go crazy or completely confuse her. Going without sleep for an entire week can derange a person.

It's more common to see the adjective deranged — or insane — than the verb derange, but you can use it to describe what happens when someone or something drives a person batty. Too many head injuries can derange a football player's short term memory, and a teasing cat just out of reach might derange a tied-up dog in a yard. The Old French root of derange is desrengier, "throw into disorder," which combines des, "do the opposite of" and rengier, "put into line."

WORD FAMILY

derange: deranged, derangement, deranges, deranging+/derangement: derangements

USAGE EXAMPLES

This included five police officers gunned down in Dallas in July by a deranged U.S.

Reuters(Dec 29, 2016)

Later, his attacks on her were followed by death threats from the then-candidate’s deranged fans.

Slate(Dec 05, 2016)

In an interview with reporters in Rome, the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who hadn’t seen the movie, called it “truly horrible and completely deranged.”

New York Times(Nov 21, 2016)

1v derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane

Syn|Hyper

unbalance

craze, madden

cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

2v throw into great confusion or disorder

Syn|Hyper

perturb, throw out of kilter

disarray, disorder

bring disorder to

单词	derange
释义	derange (once / 2000 pages) v To derange someone is to make her go crazy or completely confuse her. Going without sleep for an entire week can derange a person. It's more common to see the adjective deranged — or insane — than the verb derange, but you can use it to describe what happens when someone or something drives a person batty. Too many head injuries can derange a football player's short term memory, and a teasing cat just out of reach might derange a tied-up dog in a yard. The Old French root of derange is desrengier, "throw into disorder," which combines des, "do the opposite of" and rengier, "put into line." WORD FAMILY derange: deranged, derangement, deranges, deranging+/derangement: derangements USAGE EXAMPLES This included five police officers gunned down in Dallas in July by a deranged U.S. Reuters(Dec 29, 2016) Later, his attacks on her were followed by death threats from the then-candidate’s deranged fans. Slate(Dec 05, 2016) In an interview with reporters in Rome, the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who hadn’t seen the movie, called it “truly horrible and completely deranged.” New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) 1v derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane Syn\|Hyper unbalance craze, madden cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind 2v throw into great confusion or disorder Syn\|Hyper perturb, throw out of kilter disarray, disorder bring disorder to
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