amok

[US]/ə'mɒk/
[UK]/ə'mɑk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. 狂亂地
adj. 殺人狂的

Phrases & Collocations

run amok

橫衝直撞

go amok

發狂

behave amok

行爲失控

Example Sentences

The crowd ran amok through the city streets when they heard their leaders had been killed.

得知他們的頭目被殺,這羣人開始在城裏大街上到處燒殺搶奪。

The man ran amok in the crowded market.

那個男人在擁擠的市場裏亂竄。

The virus spread amok throughout the city.

病毒在整個城市肆虐蔓延。

She went amok with excitement when she won the lottery.

她中了彩票後興奮得失控。

The protesters went amok and started breaking windows.

抗議者們變得瘋狂起來,開始打破窗戶。

The dog went amok after being teased by the children.

那隻狗被孩子們逗弄後變得狂暴起來。

The fire spread amok due to strong winds.

火勢因強風而失控蔓延。

The rumor went amok on social media.

謠言在社交媒體上傳播開來。

The soldier ran amok during the battle.

士兵在戰鬥中發狂。

The toddler went amok with the toy car, crashing into everything.

那個小孩拿着玩具車瘋狂地撞到一切東西上。

The disease went amok in the crowded slum area.

疾病在擁擠的貧民窟地區蔓延開來。

Real-world Examples

They're incorrigible because you let them run amok.

他們無可救藥,都是因爲你讓他們放肆。

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

" She didn't run amok! " shouted Hermione.

“她沒有到處胡作非爲!”赫敏嚷道。

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

It's your children. They've run amok.

你的孩子在大鬧天宮了。

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

When a process fails to work as planned, you can also say it ran amok. This expression is more formal.

如果一個進程沒有按計劃完成,那麼可以說這個進程失控(ran amok)了,這個表達更正式些。

Source: VOA Special December 2019 Collection

Japan ran amok in Manchuria,   and Italy invaded Abyssinia.

日本在滿洲橫行,意大利入侵阿比西尼亞。

Source: Charming history

All I see here is jealousy run amok.

你喫醋得有點太過火了。

Source: Gossip Girl Season 3

They call it " running amok" and this is--and every society has this.

他們稱之爲“胡作非爲”,這是每個社會都有的。

Source: Yale University Open Course: Introduction to Psychology

When a process fails to work as planned, you can also say it ran amok.

當流程未能按計劃運行時,您也可以說它運行異常。

Source: VOA Special November 2017 Collection

That criticism is being compared to death tells you a lot about some of the people arguing that cancel culture has run amok.

這種將批評與死亡相提並論的論調揭露了許多聲稱取消文化已經失控的人的真面目。

Source: Time

It would be more humane. so for a period of several hours, your interns were running amok in the hospital, totally unsupervised.

那樣會仁慈得多。你的實習醫生們在醫院裏亂成一團 長達幾個小時,完全失控了。

Source: Grey's Anatomy Season 3

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