4drive somebody insaneinformalANNOYANGRY to make someone feel more and more annoyed or angry, usually over a long period of time 〔一般指经过长时间〕逼得某人发疯SYN drive somebody mad
My little brother’s been driving me insane all weekend.
insane• Sometimes I thought I was going insane.• The man, who has attacked 13 women, was judged to be insane.• For some insanereason he decided to do the whole journey in one day.• Paul must be insane, spending all that money on a boat.• It would be insane to try to go camping in this kind of weather.
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, look, seem, sound精神失常;看似瘋狂;似乎精神錯亂;聽起來瘋癲◇It seems insane to cut the budget now.現在削減預算似乎很瘋狂。➤become, go精神失常;發瘋◇He later became insane and was confined to an asylum.後來他精神失常被關進了瘋人院。◇He went almost insane when he heard that his daughter had died.聽說女兒死去的噩耗時他幾乎精神失常。➤drive sb將某人逼瘋◇You're driving me nearly insane with that noise.你那個噪聲快把我逼瘋了。➤certify sb (as), declare sb證明/宣佈某人精神失常◇In 1975 she was certified clinically insane and sent to a mental hospital.1975 年她被診斷為精神失常並被送進了精神病院。ADVERB➤absolutely, completely, quite, seriously, totally, utterly絕對瘋狂;完全瘋狂;十分愚蠢;精神嚴重失常◇The whole idea is totally insane.整個想法簡直愚蠢透頂。➤literally, truly確實精神失常▸➤almost, nearly幾乎瘋狂▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些精神失常➤temporarily暫時精神失常◇She claimed she was temporarily insane during the attack.她聲稱攻擊期間她的精神不正常。➤clearly, obviously明顯/顯然精神不正常◇He was clearly insane.他顯然精神不正常。➤mentally (especially NAmE) 精神失常◇He displays a fearlessness that borders on the mentally insane.他表現出一種近乎瘋狂的無所畏懼。➤certifiably, clinically, legally證明為/診斷為/從法律角度看是精神失常▸➤criminally精神錯亂而犯罪的◇He is criminally insane, unable to stop himself from attacking women.他是個精神失常的罪犯,控制不住襲擊婦女的行為。