amok

英 [əˈmɒk]

美 [əˈmɑːk]

n.  杀人狂
adj.  狂乱的；杀人狂的
adv.  狂乱地；杀人狂地

BNC.32686 / COCA.18140

习惯用语

adv.

run amok

（尤指在公共场所）发狂，狂暴，疯狂
to suddenly become very angry or excited and start behaving violently, especially in a public place

PHRASE （人或动物）发狂，狂暴，疯狂
If a person or animalruns amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
1. A soldier was arrested after running amok with a vehicle through Berlin.
  一名士兵在疯狂飙车穿越柏林后被逮捕。

adj

frenzied as if possessed by a demon
1. the soldier was completely amuck
2. berserk with grief
3. a berserk worker smashing windows
Synonym:amuckberserkdemoniacdemoniacalpossessed(p)

adv

in a murderous frenzy
1. rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones
Synonym:amuckmurderously
wildly
1. when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit
Synonym:amuck

They're incorrigiblebecause you let them run amok.
他们无可救药，都是因为你让他们放肆。
There were widespread reports of looting and escaped convicts running amok.
很多报道提到抢劫和逃犯肆虐。
Ireland and Spain had strong fiscal positions throughout: it was private borrowing that ran amok.
从始至终，爱尔兰和西班牙的财政状况都很强劲：陷入疯狂的是私人借贷。
The big male elephant is running amok in the village, tearing up the trees by their roots.
那头大公象在村里发狂，将树全部连根拔起。
The tiger escapes from the zoo and runs amok for hours
老虎逃出了动物园，张牙舞爪乱窜了几小时
The gunman ran amok, firing indiscriminately at passers-by.
持枪歹徒大开杀戒，不分青红皂白向行人开枪。
The two dogs ran amok in a school playground.
那两条狗在学校的操场上狂咬乱窜。
If there are tigers running amok, I'll take precautions, but that's no reason why I should give in to Wu sun-fu completely.
老虎发疯，我要严防，但是决不能因为有老虎在那里，我就退让到不成话！
A masked man ran amok in the town square.
一个戴面具的人杀气腾腾地闯进了市政广场。
In cancer cells, NRF2 activity runs amok, sweeping away all cellular toxins, including chemotherapy agents.
在癌细胞上，NRF2活性疯狂增强，细胞内的毒素包括化疗药物被彻底清除。