Madness
Madness 是形容词 mad 的名词形式。
- 医学/精神: 指严重的精神疾病或失常。
- 日常隐喻: 指极其愚蠢、不理智或危险的行为（如 It would be sheer madness to go out in this storm）。
- 情绪: 极度的愤怒。
- “There’s a method in his madness.” (他的疯狂中自有其道理/乱中有序。)
- “It’s pure madness to spend all your savings on a single lottery ticket.” (把所有积蓄都花在一张彩票上纯粹是疯了。)
- “The crowd broke into a state of madness when the goal was scored.” (进球时，人群陷入了狂热状态。)
- mad: 源自古英语 gemæd(e)d，意为“发疯的”。
- -ness: 名词后缀。
- 后缀: -ness，表示性质或状态。
短语 “Method in one’s madness” 出自莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》，意指某人的行为看似疯狂，其实背后有其合理的逻辑。
- 相关形容词: mad
- 副词形式: madly
Mad（疯的）+ -ness（名词后缀）= 疯狂。
The scientist worked in his dark lab for three days without sleeping. People said it was madness. They thought he was losing his mind. But when he finally stepped out with a cure for the disease, they realized his madness was actually genius. Sometimes, the line between madness and greatness is very thin.