"crackpot" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 疯子（非正式）- 怪人

Definition

crackpot 指有非常奇怪、愚蠢或不太可能实现想法的人，通常用于正式话题；这是一个非正式且稍带侮辱性的词。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“crackpot” 为非正式、带有轻微侮辱意味的词语，常用来形容有怪异或不可思议理论的人，如 “crackpot idea”，“crackpot theory”。比“eccentric”（怪人）更贬义，不适合形容朋友或同事。

Examples

My uncle is a crackpot who believes aliens visit him.

我叔叔是个**疯子**，相信有外星人来找他。

Some people thought the inventor was a crackpot.

有些人认为那位发明家是个**怪人**。

Don't listen to his crackpot ideas.

别听他的**疯子**主意。

Everyone at work calls him the office crackpot.

公司里大家都叫他办公室里的**疯子**。

His crackpot theory was actually right in the end.

结果他的**怪人**理论居然是对的。

I thought he was just a crackpot, but now I’m not so sure.

我以为他只是个**疯子**，现在我有点怀疑了。