neurotic

神経質な、心配性の

特にささいなことを、必要以上にひどく心配する。

やさしい英語で： Worrying much more than necessary, especially about small things.

• I get neurotic about being late.
• Her neurotic checking was starting to annoy everyone.
• Don't be so neurotic; the door is definitely locked.

使い方： neurotic about something (He is neurotic about keeping the kitchen clean.)

類義語： overanxious, anxious, obsessive

反対語： relaxed, easygoing

よく使う表現： neurotic about something, a neurotic parent, neurotic behaviour

神経症の

現実を認識できる一方で、不安や恐れが長く続く心の不調がある。

やさしい英語で： Having a mental health condition involving lasting worry or fear while remaining aware of reality.

• The report described her symptoms as neurotic.
• The study followed patients with neurotic disorders.
• Earlier medical writers grouped several conditions under neurotic illness.

よく使う表現： neurotic symptoms, a neurotic patient, neurotic disorder

神経に作用する、神経疾患に効く

神経に作用する、または神経の病気の治療に使われる。

やさしい英語で： Affecting the nerves, or used to treat problems with the nerves.

• The old handbook recommends a neurotic remedy.
• The physician described the drug's neurotic effects.
• Several herbs were listed as neurotic medicines in the ancient text.

よく使う表現： a neurotic remedy, neurotic medicines, neurotic effects

神経質な人、変人

ひどく心配性だったり、理不尽で奇妙に振る舞ったりする人への悪口。

やさしい英語で： An unkind name for someone whose behaviour seems unusually worried, unreasonable, or strange.

• He called me a neurotic.
• I become a complete neurotic before every flight.
• She dismissed her demanding boss as a total neurotic.

類義語： nervous wreck, nutcase

よく使う表現： a complete neurotic, a total neurotic, such a neurotic

神経症患者

現実を認識できるが、不安や恐れが長く続く心の不調を抱える人。

やさしい英語で： A person with a mental health condition involving lasting worry or fear while remaining aware of reality.

• The old report called the patient a neurotic.
• The psychiatrist's early work focused on neurotics.
• In that classification, a neurotic remained aware of reality.

よく使う表現： a diagnosed neurotic, treatment of neurotics