字辨: mania , maniac , manic

 * 字辨: mania , maniac , manic

1.mania : (名詞)

狂躁症,

對...(事/物)狂熱

2.maniac : (名詞) 瘋子, 狂熱份子

3.manic : (形容詞) 躁狂的, 狂躁症的

句型:

(人) 對 ... 狂熱

S.(人) have a mania for ... .

例1.

(他對 收集錢幣 狂熱.)

(/他 熱中於 收集錢幣.)

He has a mania for

collecting coins.

例2.

(他的父親是 宗教狂熱份子.)

His father is a religious manic.(誤)

His father is a religious maniac.(正)

例3.

(他的父親 患躁鬱症已有好幾年了.)

His father has suffered from

maniac depression for years.(誤)

His father has suffered from

manic depression for years.(正)

注意:

1.depression : 壓低, 陷落, 下沈

蕭條, 不景氣,

低氣壓

憂鬱, 憂鬱症(/抑鬱症)

2.manic depression : 躁鬱症