compos mentis

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of sound mind, sane; thus fully accountable (legally and/or morally) for one's deeds. not-comparable
    — ‘[…] you have my hearty consent, sir, to marry the girl whensumdever it’s convenient.’ Dame Mayrose finished her speech with a low courtesy, and Tom Sponge sat like a petrified image. ‘For God’s sake, Mrs. Mayrose, are you compos mentis?’ said he. ‘Please your honour, I don’t understand no foreign languages,’ said the good woman, ‘but my darter tells me you want to make proposhalls.’

词汇关系

反义词
non compos mentis

词源

From Latin compos (“in control, having mastery”) + mentis (“of mind”).
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