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关于《朗文当代高级英语辞典》
Date:
1600-1700
Language:
Latin
Origin:
sanus
'healthy, sane'
sane
adjective
sane
1
HBH
able to think in a normal and reasonable way
[≠
insane
,
mentally ill
; ↪
sanity
]
:
He seems
perfectly sane
(=
completely sane
)
to me.
No sane person would want to kill a baby.
2
reasonable and based on sensible thinking
:
a sane and sensible approach to gun control
3
keep somebody sane
also
stay/remain sane
MP
to stop someone from thinking about their problems and becoming upset
:
The only thing that kept me sane was music.
—
sanely
adverb
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