每日N词 | ~mania | 20170628
Your friend may have an eating disorder and his interest in fire may indicate that he has pyromania, but it's very hard to say.
你朋友可能患有进食障碍,他对火感兴趣表明他有纵火癖,不过也不能确定。
▷pyromania [ˌpaɪrəʊ'meɪniə]
a mental illness in which a person feels a strong wish to start fires
纵火狂,放火癖
▷kleptomania [ˌkleptəʊˈmeɪniə]
a very strong wish to steal that you cannot control, especially without any need or purpose, usually considered to be a type of mental illness (尤指并无需要或目的的)偷窃狂,盗窃癖
▷dipsomania [ˌdɪpsəʊ'meɪnɪə]
a strong need to drink alcohol 酒瘾,嗜酒症
▷megalomania [.meɡələʊ'meɪniə]
an unnaturally strong wish for power and control, or the belief that you are very much more important and powerful than you really are 夸大狂,自大狂;妄自尊大
▷megalomania [.mɒnəʊ'meɪniə]
a condition in which someone is extremely interested in one thing, in a way that is not normal 偏狂;狂热
每日N词 | kleptomania-偷窃狂,盗窃癖 | 20170626
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