This is a mental aberration, it's not a behavior brought on by the object.

" 这是一种精神失常，不是某种器械导致的行为。"

This had no connotation of mental aberration.

这没有精神失常的含义。

People in general thought him a lunatic, and blamed his Reform Club friends for having accepted a wager which betrayed the mental aberration of its proposer.

大家都认为福克是个怪人，是个疯子。跟他打赌的那些会员，也受到人们的责难，人们认为想出这种打赌办法的人脑子也有毛病。