mental
adjective
uk/ˈmen.təl/us/-t̬əl/B2[before noun]
relatingto themind, orinvolvingtheprocessofthinking:
精神的；思想上的；心理的Thefamilyhas ahistoryof mentaldisorder.这个家庭有精神失常的病史。
Adoctorwasaskedabout the mentalstateof theprisoner.一名医生被询问狱中服刑人员的神经状态。
She had a mentalpicture(= apicturein hermind)of how thehousewouldlookwhen theyfinishedredecoratingit.她脑海中已有了房子装修好以后的样子。
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physicaladjective(BODY)
UKslang
crazy
疯癫的，不正常的- Thisjobrequiresconsiderablementalagility.
- These mentalexercisesaredesignedtobreaklinearthinkinghabitsandencouragethecreativitythat isneededforinnovation.
- Hesuffersperiodicmentalbreakdowns.
Logic and reason
- a fortiori
- a posteriori
- a priori
- analytic
- antinomy
- illogically
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- non-theoretical
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradox
- paradoxical
- teleology
- theoretical
- theoretically
- theory
- thinking
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Mind and personality
Stupid and silly