derange
英 [dɪ'reɪn(d)ʒ]
美
- vt. 扰乱；使错乱；使发狂
英英释意
- 1. derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane;
- "The death of his parents unbalanced him"
- 2. throw into great confusion or disorder;
- "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
英文词源
- derange (v.)
- 1776, "throw into confusion," from French déranger, from Old French desrengier "disarrange, throw into disorder," from des- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + Old French rengier (Modern French ranger) "to put into line," from reng "line, row," from a Germanic source (see rank (n.)). Mental sense first recorded c. 1790.
实用场景例句
- Jack's inconsistent argument derange us all.
- 杰克前后矛盾的争辩困扰了我们大家.
《简明英汉词典》
- So few men were present to derange the harmony of the wilderness.
- 极少有人去扰乱林子里的平静.
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