mental

• adj.精神; 脳; 狂気
• n. 精神的に病んでいる

ラテン語のmens, thought, thinkingから。語源的にはman, mindと同じ。

mental

mental: see mind

mental (adj.)

early 15c., "pertaining to the mind," from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentalis "of the mind," from Latin mens (genitive mentis) "mind," from PIE root *men- "to think" (cognates: Sanskrit matih "thought, mind," Gothic gamunds, Old English gemynd "memory, remembrance;" see mind (n.)). Meaning "crazy, deranged" is from 1927, probably from combinations such as mental hospital.

1. The woman will be confined to a mental institution.

この女性は精神病院に入れられる。

2.Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years.

ここ数年、精神病に対する態度が変わっている。

3.He hanged himself two hours after arriving at a mental hospital.

精神病院に着いて2時間後に首をつって自殺した。

4.He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period.

彼はショル渓精神病院に転院され、そこに無期限に滞在しなければならない。

5.Many enjoy the mental stimulation of a challenging job.

挑戦的な仕事がもたらす強い精神的刺激を好む人が多い。