Definition of mental in English:

mental

adjective ˈmɛnt(ə)lˈmɛn(t)l

1Relating to the mind.
精神的；心理的；智力的
mental faculties
智力。
mental phenomena
心理现象。
Example sentencesExamples
- At any given moment we all have a mental concept of who we are, and usually several.
- Are there enough mental health professions to deliver the therapy that is needed?
- This disease of old age starts as memory loss and manifests in a person with the total loss of mental faculties.
- These simple lifestyle interventions may just help to preserve our mental faculties as we age.
- It is good for the mental faculties to start classes early in the morning and finish by afternoon.
- Both of these ideas led to and reinforced theories that lack of hair was caused by mental activity or high intelligence.
- A Scottish study claims that people's mental faculties were reduced after a lifetime smoking.
- You have to put your aches and pains in the back of your mind and that takes mental toughness.
- Brentano did in fact hold that every mental phenomenon is an object of inner consciousness.
- The illness of a relative meant that we, his family, were fully aware of his abhorrence of the loss of mental faculty.
- Power tools should only be used when your mental and physical faculties are at their best.
- His message - make your brain sweat if you want to enjoy your mental life to its fullest.
- Even if we had a map of her entire mental mind, we still wouldn't be able to predict anything.
- No one in full possession of their mental faculties would describe them as dull or generic.
- Just as there are physical phenomena, in the same manner there are mental phenomena.
- Early intervention in psychosis is a relatively new concept in mental health.
- It is said that with fading age, the physical and mental faculties do not remain as strong.
- There is the belief that functional brain scanning can individuate mental pathologies in the living brain.
- We left the rainforest clearing content in our minds about the mental and physical wellbeing of our son.
- Why do you invest even one brain cell of your mental capital on figuring out his motivation?
Synonyms
intellectual, cerebral, brain, rational, psychological, cognitive, abstract, conceptual, theoretical
rare mindly, phrenic
1. 1.1 Done by or occurring in the mind.
  a quick mental calculation
  快速心算。
  she made a mental note to ring him later
  Example sentencesExamples
  I have made a mental note to buy some bulbs of these next autumn and to plant them in pots for flowering in the greenhouse.
  If Wyman seemed less than engaged, he was probably making mental notes for his next diary entry.
  I made a mental note at that moment to immediately begin looking for a gift for Josh.
  I put the pen back in my box with a mental note to try it again one day when I'm feeling adventurous, and took up a pencil instead.
  Weiskopf's mental notes will be more meaningful than anything he scribbles on the scorecard.
  Not especially in a mood to linger and look around I made a mental note to return in a better frame of mind.
  Since it opened with its smart exterior a year ago I had made a mental note to visit the eatery.
  Preparing to leave this place for a ten day journey is more a mental task than a physical one.
  He rung his hands together and Karla took a mental note that he didn't wear a wedding ring.
  I made a mental note to remember to ask him what the proper term for the bird species was.
  Curri-San made a mental note to tell Rei about the compartments next time he saw her.
  I trod on it as I got out of bed, and made a mental note to ask the staff not to put the tray on the floor the following morning.
  Many of his pieces mimic the effects of nature that we cannot see or simply do not make mental note of.
  I suddenly had an idea for a song, making a mental note to myself to write it later.
  I studied the river bed where the fish had been, then noticed a quite a deep channel so I made a mental note for future reference.
  I made a mental note to ring her back and let her know about all that was going on.
  She made a mental note on her mind to inquire about his personal life more when she sees him again.
  This will just encourage them to make physical notes instead of mental ones.
  At the same time, I'm making mental notes about how to present our house on open day.
  On this particular Indian summer day, Andy journeyed toward the town and made a mental note of what he would trade for.
2Relating to disorders of the mind.
精神的；心理的；智力的
a mental hospital
精神病医院。
Example sentencesExamples
- The team also looked at admissions for mental and behavioural disorders caused by controlled drugs.
- It's not a definable mental or physical illness, with causes that can be diagnosed and treated.
- Most patients with a mental disorder have a mixture of depressive and anxiety disorder.
- Furthermore, the fact that a patient is suffering from a mental disorder cannot of itself mean that he lacks capacity.
- Consequent on her early abusive experiences, she has pervasive developmental mental disorder.
- Indeed, psychiatrists do not talk of insanity but prefer to use terms such as mental illness or mental disorder.
- The club was set up for and by people who have suffered through mental illness in the past.
- More often than not the inability to cope manifests itself in mental disorders, says experts.
- In mental health illnesses, visitors can and do play a very important role in aiding patient recovery.
- Secondly, there is no evidence that treatment prevents suicide in patients with any mental disorder.
- During her time as a patient no treatment for mental disorder or illness was given.
- That was indeed the situation in the present case: the verdict and the order were silent as to the form of mental disorder.
- Medium secure units admit patients for the assessment and treatment of mental disorder associated with risk.
- Finally let me address prevention of mental illness and promotion of mental health.
- A mental disorder only arises when we lose the capacity to differentiate between imagination and reality.
- Nowadays, music is both applied for patients with mental disorders and healthy people.
- The exhibit looks at the lives of people living with mental illness within mental institutions.
- Young prisoners had considerably more inpatient treatments for mental disorders than did the controls.
- Only about ten percent of the elderly who need treatment for mental disorders get it.
- It is time that this Government took mental illness and mental health seriously.
Synonyms
psychiatric, psychogenic
1. 2.1informal predicative Mad; insane.
  I think he was a little worried that I might be mental
  Example sentencesExamples
  This year, we had the additional joys of a barmy dog that hates fireworks - and goes slightly mental when they go off.
  I don't care if you are crazy and tell me something mental like you brought a teddy bear.
  I've never really got into them that much, so I let other people go mental and bought a couple of beers.
  As a symbol of Stein's greatness and a cue for the home fans to go mental, nothing beats the sight of that big silver pot.
  They would all see her go mental, and she would slowly but surly lose her popularity.
  All the other dogs were going absolutely mental barking and he was sitting there really quietly in his cage.
  That's one of the dangers for young actors - you get a bit of financial success and you go mental and blow it all.
  Is it any wonder that some of them under so much pressure go mental or commit suicide?
  Synonyms
  mad, insane, mentally ill, certifiable, deranged, demented, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, sick in the head, not together, crazy, crazed, lunatic, non compos mentis, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, stark mad, manic, frenzied, raving, distraught, frantic, hysterical, delirious, psychotic, psychopathic, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare, away with the fairies, foaming at the mouth

Usage

The use of mental in compounds such as mental hospital and mental patient was the normal accepted term in the first half of the 20th century. It is now, however, regarded as old-fashioned, sometimes even offensive, and has been largely replaced by the term psychiatric in both general and official use

Phrases

go mental

informal Lose one's self-control, typically as a result of anger or excitement.
the home crowd were going mental
Example sentencesExamples
- The TV has gone mental too - keeps switching from channel to channel willy nilly.
- The entire crowd going mental right through the encore!
- I didn't really know how to handle an audience that were going mental.
- I must be going mental, she thought sadly.
- For five weeks of the year everyone goes mental.
- For three weeks every summer the city of Edinburgh goes mental.
- The uncertainty of employment can make someone go mental.
- Edward went mental on the beach, racing around trying to get warm.
- By day nine or 10 I was starting to go mental. "
- In this, the year 2000, music has gone mental.

chuck a mental

informal Become unable to control one's temper or emotions.
he looks like he's about to chuck a mental at any moment
Example sentencesExamples
- I considered rubbing the excess ink across the front of my school jersey but knew that Mum would chuck a mental come laundry day.
- She didn't even chuck a mental at me because she was too busy bawling.
- Some stupid cow chucks a mental because he wouldn't let her 10 year old into a popular MA rated film.
- Cody could feel himself about to chuck a mental.
- I wouldn't want the moment of the century ruining by somebody chucking a mental when things were just hotting up.
- My father's just about to chuck a mental.
- If you aim too high, you may find the workload overwhelming and feel so stressed out that you chuck a mental two weeks into Term 1.
- I ended up my day with him chucking a mental at me over the stupidest thing imaginable.
- When this article appeared in a national newspaper, they chucked a mental.
- Mr Lee chucked a mental and told them to come back after school.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens, ment- 'mind'.

mind from Old English:
English mind shares its ancient root with Latin mens ‘mind’, from which demented (mid 17th century), mental (Late Middle English), and mention derive. The mind can do many wonderful things, including ‘boggling’. The phrase the mind boggles, meaning that someone becomes astonished or overwhelmed at the thought of something, is first recorded in the 1890s. Boggle itself is probably a dialect word related to bogle ‘a phantom or goblin’ and bogey ‘an evil or mischievous spirit’. Someone may have warned you to mind your Ps and Qs, ‘be careful to behave well and avoid giving offence’. The expression has been known since the 1770s, but its exact origins are uncertain. One obvious suggestion is that it comes from a child's early days of learning to read and write, when they might find it difficult to distinguish between the two tailed letters p and q. Another idea suggests that printers had to be very careful to avoid confusing the two letters when setting metal type. Mind how you go!, meaning ‘be careful, look after yourself’, has been common in Britain since the 1940s. It was popularized by the long-running BBC TV series Dixon of Dock Green (1955–76), in which it was a catchphrase of the avuncular PC George Dixon, along with evening all.

Rhymes

dental, gentle, Oriental, parental, rental

Definition of mental in US English:

mental

adjectiveˈmen(t)lˈmɛn(t)l

1Relating to the mind.
精神的；心理的；智力的
mental faculties
智力。
mental phenomena
心理现象。
Example sentencesExamples
- There is the belief that functional brain scanning can individuate mental pathologies in the living brain.
- His message - make your brain sweat if you want to enjoy your mental life to its fullest.
- You have to put your aches and pains in the back of your mind and that takes mental toughness.
- These simple lifestyle interventions may just help to preserve our mental faculties as we age.
- Early intervention in psychosis is a relatively new concept in mental health.
- Are there enough mental health professions to deliver the therapy that is needed?
- Just as there are physical phenomena, in the same manner there are mental phenomena.
- It is said that with fading age, the physical and mental faculties do not remain as strong.
- A Scottish study claims that people's mental faculties were reduced after a lifetime smoking.
- We left the rainforest clearing content in our minds about the mental and physical wellbeing of our son.
- Brentano did in fact hold that every mental phenomenon is an object of inner consciousness.
- It is good for the mental faculties to start classes early in the morning and finish by afternoon.
- This disease of old age starts as memory loss and manifests in a person with the total loss of mental faculties.
- Both of these ideas led to and reinforced theories that lack of hair was caused by mental activity or high intelligence.
- No one in full possession of their mental faculties would describe them as dull or generic.
- Power tools should only be used when your mental and physical faculties are at their best.
- Why do you invest even one brain cell of your mental capital on figuring out his motivation?
- At any given moment we all have a mental concept of who we are, and usually several.
- Even if we had a map of her entire mental mind, we still wouldn't be able to predict anything.
- The illness of a relative meant that we, his family, were fully aware of his abhorrence of the loss of mental faculty.
Synonyms
intellectual, cerebral, brain, rational, psychological, cognitive, abstract, conceptual, theoretical
1. 1.1 Carried out by or taking place in the mind.
  通过大脑的；在脑中进行的
  a quick mental calculation
  快速心算。
  I started my mental journey
  我的思绪开始遨游。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Weiskopf's mental notes will be more meaningful than anything he scribbles on the scorecard.
  Not especially in a mood to linger and look around I made a mental note to return in a better frame of mind.
  I made a mental note to remember to ask him what the proper term for the bird species was.
  If Wyman seemed less than engaged, he was probably making mental notes for his next diary entry.
  I made a mental note to ring her back and let her know about all that was going on.
  I have made a mental note to buy some bulbs of these next autumn and to plant them in pots for flowering in the greenhouse.
  At the same time, I'm making mental notes about how to present our house on open day.
  I suddenly had an idea for a song, making a mental note to myself to write it later.
  I made a mental note at that moment to immediately begin looking for a gift for Josh.
  Curri-San made a mental note to tell Rei about the compartments next time he saw her.
  Many of his pieces mimic the effects of nature that we cannot see or simply do not make mental note of.
  On this particular Indian summer day, Andy journeyed toward the town and made a mental note of what he would trade for.
  I put the pen back in my box with a mental note to try it again one day when I'm feeling adventurous, and took up a pencil instead.
  He rung his hands together and Karla took a mental note that he didn't wear a wedding ring.
  I studied the river bed where the fish had been, then noticed a quite a deep channel so I made a mental note for future reference.
  This will just encourage them to make physical notes instead of mental ones.
  I trod on it as I got out of bed, and made a mental note to ask the staff not to put the tray on the floor the following morning.
  Preparing to leave this place for a ten day journey is more a mental task than a physical one.
  She made a mental note on her mind to inquire about his personal life more when she sees him again.
  Since it opened with its smart exterior a year ago I had made a mental note to visit the eatery.
2Relating to disorders of the mind.
精神的；心理的；智力的
a mental hospital
精神病医院。
Example sentencesExamples
- Secondly, there is no evidence that treatment prevents suicide in patients with any mental disorder.
- Most patients with a mental disorder have a mixture of depressive and anxiety disorder.
- The exhibit looks at the lives of people living with mental illness within mental institutions.
- Furthermore, the fact that a patient is suffering from a mental disorder cannot of itself mean that he lacks capacity.
- The team also looked at admissions for mental and behavioural disorders caused by controlled drugs.
- Indeed, psychiatrists do not talk of insanity but prefer to use terms such as mental illness or mental disorder.
- A mental disorder only arises when we lose the capacity to differentiate between imagination and reality.
- Only about ten percent of the elderly who need treatment for mental disorders get it.
- Nowadays, music is both applied for patients with mental disorders and healthy people.
- It's not a definable mental or physical illness, with causes that can be diagnosed and treated.
- More often than not the inability to cope manifests itself in mental disorders, says experts.
- During her time as a patient no treatment for mental disorder or illness was given.
- The club was set up for and by people who have suffered through mental illness in the past.
- Consequent on her early abusive experiences, she has pervasive developmental mental disorder.
- Medium secure units admit patients for the assessment and treatment of mental disorder associated with risk.
- Finally let me address prevention of mental illness and promotion of mental health.
- Young prisoners had considerably more inpatient treatments for mental disorders than did the controls.
- It is time that this Government took mental illness and mental health seriously.
- That was indeed the situation in the present case: the verdict and the order were silent as to the form of mental disorder.
- In mental health illnesses, visitors can and do play a very important role in aiding patient recovery.
Synonyms
psychiatric, psychogenic
1. 2.1informal predicative Insane; crazy.
  〈非正式〉精神失常的；疯的
  every time I'm five minutes late, they go mental
  Example sentencesExamples
  I've never really got into them that much, so I let other people go mental and bought a couple of beers.
  As a symbol of Stein's greatness and a cue for the home fans to go mental, nothing beats the sight of that big silver pot.
  That's one of the dangers for young actors - you get a bit of financial success and you go mental and blow it all.
  All the other dogs were going absolutely mental barking and he was sitting there really quietly in his cage.
  This year, we had the additional joys of a barmy dog that hates fireworks - and goes slightly mental when they go off.
  They would all see her go mental, and she would slowly but surly lose her popularity.
  Is it any wonder that some of them under so much pressure go mental or commit suicide?
  I don't care if you are crazy and tell me something mental like you brought a teddy bear.
  Synonyms
  mad, insane, mentally ill, certifiable, deranged, demented, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, sick in the head, not together, crazy, crazed, lunatic, non compos mentis, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, stark mad, manic, frenzied, raving, distraught, frantic, hysterical, delirious, psychotic, psychopathic, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare, away with the fairies, foaming at the mouth

Usage

The use of mental in compounds such as mental hospital and mental patient is first recorded at the end of the 19th century and was the normal accepted term in the first half of the 20th century. It is still current and standard even though the term psychiatric has more recently come to be used in both general and official use

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens, ment- ‘mind’.

词汇	mental
释义	Definition of mental in English: mental adjective ˈmɛnt(ə)lˈmɛn(t)l 1Relating to the mind. 精神的；心理的；智力的 mental faculties 智力。 mental phenomena 心理现象。 Example sentencesExamples At any given moment we all have a mental concept of who we are, and usually several. Are there enough mental health professions to deliver the therapy that is needed? This disease of old age starts as memory loss and manifests in a person with the total loss of mental faculties. These simple lifestyle interventions may just help to preserve our mental faculties as we age. It is good for the mental faculties to start classes early in the morning and finish by afternoon. Both of these ideas led to and reinforced theories that lack of hair was caused by mental activity or high intelligence. A Scottish study claims that people's mental faculties were reduced after a lifetime smoking. You have to put your aches and pains in the back of your mind and that takes mental toughness. Brentano did in fact hold that every mental phenomenon is an object of inner consciousness. The illness of a relative meant that we, his family, were fully aware of his abhorrence of the loss of mental faculty. Power tools should only be used when your mental and physical faculties are at their best. His message - make your brain sweat if you want to enjoy your mental life to its fullest. Even if we had a map of her entire mental mind, we still wouldn't be able to predict anything. No one in full possession of their mental faculties would describe them as dull or generic. Just as there are physical phenomena, in the same manner there are mental phenomena. Early intervention in psychosis is a relatively new concept in mental health. It is said that with fading age, the physical and mental faculties do not remain as strong. There is the belief that functional brain scanning can individuate mental pathologies in the living brain. We left the rainforest clearing content in our minds about the mental and physical wellbeing of our son. Why do you invest even one brain cell of your mental capital on figuring out his motivation? Synonyms intellectual, cerebral, brain, rational, psychological, cognitive, abstract, conceptual, theoretical rare mindly, phrenic 1.1 Done by or occurring in the mind. a quick mental calculation 快速心算。 she made a mental note to ring him later Example sentencesExamples I have made a mental note to buy some bulbs of these next autumn and to plant them in pots for flowering in the greenhouse. If Wyman seemed less than engaged, he was probably making mental notes for his next diary entry. I made a mental note at that moment to immediately begin looking for a gift for Josh. I put the pen back in my box with a mental note to try it again one day when I'm feeling adventurous, and took up a pencil instead. Weiskopf's mental notes will be more meaningful than anything he scribbles on the scorecard. Not especially in a mood to linger and look around I made a mental note to return in a better frame of mind. Since it opened with its smart exterior a year ago I had made a mental note to visit the eatery. Preparing to leave this place for a ten day journey is more a mental task than a physical one. He rung his hands together and Karla took a mental note that he didn't wear a wedding ring. I made a mental note to remember to ask him what the proper term for the bird species was. Curri-San made a mental note to tell Rei about the compartments next time he saw her. I trod on it as I got out of bed, and made a mental note to ask the staff not to put the tray on the floor the following morning. Many of his pieces mimic the effects of nature that we cannot see or simply do not make mental note of. I suddenly had an idea for a song, making a mental note to myself to write it later. I studied the river bed where the fish had been, then noticed a quite a deep channel so I made a mental note for future reference. I made a mental note to ring her back and let her know about all that was going on. She made a mental note on her mind to inquire about his personal life more when she sees him again. This will just encourage them to make physical notes instead of mental ones. At the same time, I'm making mental notes about how to present our house on open day. On this particular Indian summer day, Andy journeyed toward the town and made a mental note of what he would trade for. 2Relating to disorders of the mind. 精神的；心理的；智力的 a mental hospital 精神病医院。 Example sentencesExamples The team also looked at admissions for mental and behavioural disorders caused by controlled drugs. It's not a definable mental or physical illness, with causes that can be diagnosed and treated. Most patients with a mental disorder have a mixture of depressive and anxiety disorder. Furthermore, the fact that a patient is suffering from a mental disorder cannot of itself mean that he lacks capacity. Consequent on her early abusive experiences, she has pervasive developmental mental disorder. Indeed, psychiatrists do not talk of insanity but prefer to use terms such as mental illness or mental disorder. The club was set up for and by people who have suffered through mental illness in the past. More often than not the inability to cope manifests itself in mental disorders, says experts. In mental health illnesses, visitors can and do play a very important role in aiding patient recovery. Secondly, there is no evidence that treatment prevents suicide in patients with any mental disorder. During her time as a patient no treatment for mental disorder or illness was given. That was indeed the situation in the present case: the verdict and the order were silent as to the form of mental disorder. Medium secure units admit patients for the assessment and treatment of mental disorder associated with risk. Finally let me address prevention of mental illness and promotion of mental health. A mental disorder only arises when we lose the capacity to differentiate between imagination and reality. Nowadays, music is both applied for patients with mental disorders and healthy people. The exhibit looks at the lives of people living with mental illness within mental institutions. Young prisoners had considerably more inpatient treatments for mental disorders than did the controls. Only about ten percent of the elderly who need treatment for mental disorders get it. It is time that this Government took mental illness and mental health seriously. Synonyms psychiatric, psychogenic 2.1informal predicative Mad; insane. I think he was a little worried that I might be mental Example sentencesExamples This year, we had the additional joys of a barmy dog that hates fireworks - and goes slightly mental when they go off. I don't care if you are crazy and tell me something mental like you brought a teddy bear. I've never really got into them that much, so I let other people go mental and bought a couple of beers. As a symbol of Stein's greatness and a cue for the home fans to go mental, nothing beats the sight of that big silver pot. They would all see her go mental, and she would slowly but surly lose her popularity. All the other dogs were going absolutely mental barking and he was sitting there really quietly in his cage. That's one of the dangers for young actors - you get a bit of financial success and you go mental and blow it all. Is it any wonder that some of them under so much pressure go mental or commit suicide? Synonyms mad, insane, mentally ill, certifiable, deranged, demented, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, sick in the head, not together, crazy, crazed, lunatic, non compos mentis, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, stark mad, manic, frenzied, raving, distraught, frantic, hysterical, delirious, psychotic, psychopathic, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare, away with the fairies, foaming at the mouth Usage The use of mental in compounds such as mental hospital and mental patient was the normal accepted term in the first half of the 20th century. It is now, however, regarded as old-fashioned, sometimes even offensive, and has been largely replaced by the term psychiatric in both general and official use Phrases go mental informal Lose one's self-control, typically as a result of anger or excitement. the home crowd were going mental Example sentencesExamples The TV has gone mental too - keeps switching from channel to channel willy nilly. The entire crowd going mental right through the encore! I didn't really know how to handle an audience that were going mental. I must be going mental, she thought sadly. For five weeks of the year everyone goes mental. For three weeks every summer the city of Edinburgh goes mental. The uncertainty of employment can make someone go mental. Edward went mental on the beach, racing around trying to get warm. By day nine or 10 I was starting to go mental. " In this, the year 2000, music has gone mental. chuck a mental informal Become unable to control one's temper or emotions. he looks like he's about to chuck a mental at any moment Example sentencesExamples I considered rubbing the excess ink across the front of my school jersey but knew that Mum would chuck a mental come laundry day. She didn't even chuck a mental at me because she was too busy bawling. Some stupid cow chucks a mental because he wouldn't let her 10 year old into a popular MA rated film. Cody could feel himself about to chuck a mental. I wouldn't want the moment of the century ruining by somebody chucking a mental when things were just hotting up. My father's just about to chuck a mental. If you aim too high, you may find the workload overwhelming and feel so stressed out that you chuck a mental two weeks into Term 1. I ended up my day with him chucking a mental at me over the stupidest thing imaginable. When this article appeared in a national newspaper, they chucked a mental. Mr Lee chucked a mental and told them to come back after school. Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens, ment- 'mind'. mind from Old English: English mind shares its ancient root with Latin mens ‘mind’, from which demented (mid 17th century), mental (Late Middle English), and mention derive. The mind can do many wonderful things, including ‘boggling’. The phrase the mind boggles, meaning that someone becomes astonished or overwhelmed at the thought of something, is first recorded in the 1890s. Boggle itself is probably a dialect word related to bogle ‘a phantom or goblin’ and bogey ‘an evil or mischievous spirit’. Someone may have warned you to mind your Ps and Qs, ‘be careful to behave well and avoid giving offence’. The expression has been known since the 1770s, but its exact origins are uncertain. One obvious suggestion is that it comes from a child's early days of learning to read and write, when they might find it difficult to distinguish between the two tailed letters p and q. Another idea suggests that printers had to be very careful to avoid confusing the two letters when setting metal type. Mind how you go!, meaning ‘be careful, look after yourself’, has been common in Britain since the 1940s. It was popularized by the long-running BBC TV series Dixon of Dock Green (1955–76), in which it was a catchphrase of the avuncular PC George Dixon, along with evening all. Rhymes dental, gentle, Oriental, parental, rental adj.1 phr. Definition of mental in US English: mental adjectiveˈmen(t)lˈmɛn(t)l 1Relating to the mind. 精神的；心理的；智力的 mental faculties 智力。 mental phenomena 心理现象。 Example sentencesExamples There is the belief that functional brain scanning can individuate mental pathologies in the living brain. His message - make your brain sweat if you want to enjoy your mental life to its fullest. You have to put your aches and pains in the back of your mind and that takes mental toughness. These simple lifestyle interventions may just help to preserve our mental faculties as we age. Early intervention in psychosis is a relatively new concept in mental health. Are there enough mental health professions to deliver the therapy that is needed? Just as there are physical phenomena, in the same manner there are mental phenomena. It is said that with fading age, the physical and mental faculties do not remain as strong. A Scottish study claims that people's mental faculties were reduced after a lifetime smoking. We left the rainforest clearing content in our minds about the mental and physical wellbeing of our son. Brentano did in fact hold that every mental phenomenon is an object of inner consciousness. It is good for the mental faculties to start classes early in the morning and finish by afternoon. This disease of old age starts as memory loss and manifests in a person with the total loss of mental faculties. Both of these ideas led to and reinforced theories that lack of hair was caused by mental activity or high intelligence. No one in full possession of their mental faculties would describe them as dull or generic. Power tools should only be used when your mental and physical faculties are at their best. Why do you invest even one brain cell of your mental capital on figuring out his motivation? At any given moment we all have a mental concept of who we are, and usually several. Even if we had a map of her entire mental mind, we still wouldn't be able to predict anything. The illness of a relative meant that we, his family, were fully aware of his abhorrence of the loss of mental faculty. Synonyms intellectual, cerebral, brain, rational, psychological, cognitive, abstract, conceptual, theoretical 1.1 Carried out by or taking place in the mind. 通过大脑的；在脑中进行的 a quick mental calculation 快速心算。 I started my mental journey 我的思绪开始遨游。 Example sentencesExamples Weiskopf's mental notes will be more meaningful than anything he scribbles on the scorecard. Not especially in a mood to linger and look around I made a mental note to return in a better frame of mind. I made a mental note to remember to ask him what the proper term for the bird species was. If Wyman seemed less than engaged, he was probably making mental notes for his next diary entry. I made a mental note to ring her back and let her know about all that was going on. I have made a mental note to buy some bulbs of these next autumn and to plant them in pots for flowering in the greenhouse. At the same time, I'm making mental notes about how to present our house on open day. I suddenly had an idea for a song, making a mental note to myself to write it later. I made a mental note at that moment to immediately begin looking for a gift for Josh. Curri-San made a mental note to tell Rei about the compartments next time he saw her. Many of his pieces mimic the effects of nature that we cannot see or simply do not make mental note of. On this particular Indian summer day, Andy journeyed toward the town and made a mental note of what he would trade for. I put the pen back in my box with a mental note to try it again one day when I'm feeling adventurous, and took up a pencil instead. He rung his hands together and Karla took a mental note that he didn't wear a wedding ring. I studied the river bed where the fish had been, then noticed a quite a deep channel so I made a mental note for future reference. This will just encourage them to make physical notes instead of mental ones. I trod on it as I got out of bed, and made a mental note to ask the staff not to put the tray on the floor the following morning. Preparing to leave this place for a ten day journey is more a mental task than a physical one. She made a mental note on her mind to inquire about his personal life more when she sees him again. Since it opened with its smart exterior a year ago I had made a mental note to visit the eatery. 2Relating to disorders of the mind. 精神的；心理的；智力的 a mental hospital 精神病医院。 Example sentencesExamples Secondly, there is no evidence that treatment prevents suicide in patients with any mental disorder. Most patients with a mental disorder have a mixture of depressive and anxiety disorder. The exhibit looks at the lives of people living with mental illness within mental institutions. Furthermore, the fact that a patient is suffering from a mental disorder cannot of itself mean that he lacks capacity. The team also looked at admissions for mental and behavioural disorders caused by controlled drugs. Indeed, psychiatrists do not talk of insanity but prefer to use terms such as mental illness or mental disorder. A mental disorder only arises when we lose the capacity to differentiate between imagination and reality. Only about ten percent of the elderly who need treatment for mental disorders get it. Nowadays, music is both applied for patients with mental disorders and healthy people. It's not a definable mental or physical illness, with causes that can be diagnosed and treated. More often than not the inability to cope manifests itself in mental disorders, says experts. During her time as a patient no treatment for mental disorder or illness was given. The club was set up for and by people who have suffered through mental illness in the past. Consequent on her early abusive experiences, she has pervasive developmental mental disorder. Medium secure units admit patients for the assessment and treatment of mental disorder associated with risk. Finally let me address prevention of mental illness and promotion of mental health. Young prisoners had considerably more inpatient treatments for mental disorders than did the controls. It is time that this Government took mental illness and mental health seriously. That was indeed the situation in the present case: the verdict and the order were silent as to the form of mental disorder. In mental health illnesses, visitors can and do play a very important role in aiding patient recovery. Synonyms psychiatric, psychogenic 2.1informal predicative Insane; crazy. 〈非正式〉精神失常的；疯的 every time I'm five minutes late, they go mental Example sentencesExamples I've never really got into them that much, so I let other people go mental and bought a couple of beers. As a symbol of Stein's greatness and a cue for the home fans to go mental, nothing beats the sight of that big silver pot. That's one of the dangers for young actors - you get a bit of financial success and you go mental and blow it all. All the other dogs were going absolutely mental barking and he was sitting there really quietly in his cage. This year, we had the additional joys of a barmy dog that hates fireworks - and goes slightly mental when they go off. They would all see her go mental, and she would slowly but surly lose her popularity. Is it any wonder that some of them under so much pressure go mental or commit suicide? I don't care if you are crazy and tell me something mental like you brought a teddy bear. Synonyms mad, insane, mentally ill, certifiable, deranged, demented, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, sick in the head, not together, crazy, crazed, lunatic, non compos mentis, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, stark mad, manic, frenzied, raving, distraught, frantic, hysterical, delirious, psychotic, psychopathic, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare, away with the fairies, foaming at the mouth Usage The use of mental in compounds such as mental hospital and mental patient is first recorded at the end of the 19th century and was the normal accepted term in the first half of the 20th century. It is still current and standard even though the term psychiatric has more recently come to be used in both general and official use Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens, ment- ‘mind’.
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