sublimate
vt.使升华,使高尚 vi.升华,纯化 adj.纯净化的,高尚的,理想化的,气质高贵的 n.升华物
难易程度:
sublimate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:sublimated 过去分词:sublimated 现在分词:sublimating 第三人称单数:sublimates
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sublimate
/'sʌblɪmeɪt; `sʌblə,met/
v [Tn]
1 (psychology 心) express (instinctual urges, esp sexual ones) in more socially acceptable ways 以较符合社会准则的方式表现(本能的冲动, 尤指性欲); 使升华
*sublimating one's sex drive by working hard 把性的冲动转化成努力工作.
2 (chemistry 化) convert (a substance) from the solid state to vapour by heating it, then allowing it to cool and become solid again, in order to purify it 使(某物质)升华.
n substance purified by sublimating (sublimate2) 升华物.
sublimate
v [I and T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of sublimare 'to raise', from sublimis; SUBLIME1]
technical to use the energy that comes from sexual feelings to do something, such as work or art, that is more acceptable to your society
>sublimation [,sʌblɪ'meɪʃən/