schizophrenia
noun [ U ] uk/ˌskɪt.səˈfriː.ni.ə/ us/ˌskɪt.səˈfriː.ni.ə/
精神分裂症
a serious mental illness in which someone cannot understand what is real and what is imaginary
He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. 偏执型精神分裂症
informal双重人格，反复无常
the state of having qualities or attitudes that are different from each other and do not work well together
Lexington, as a prison and a hospital, was an expression of America's schizophrenia about how to treat addiction. 列克星敦是一座医院却又是一座监狱，美国在毒瘾治疗上是如何精神分裂的在这里体现了出来。
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- Geneticists regard schizophrenia as a complex disease.
- The study provided a valuable new insight into how to treat schizophrenia.