catharsis

英 [k?'θɑ?s?s] 美[k?'θɑrs?s]

暢通詞匯GRE

復數:?catharses;形容詞:?cathartic;

catharsis 宣泄

詞源不詳，由古希臘哲學家亞里士多德所創。詞源同英語常見名Catherine.

catharsis (n.): 1803, "bodily purging," from Latinized form of Greek katharsis "purging, cleansing," from stem of kathairein "to purify, purge," from katharos "pure, clear of dirt, clean, spotless; open, free; clear of shame or guilt; purified" (with most of the extended senses now found in Modern English clear, clean, pure), which is of unknown origin. Originally medical in English; of emotions from 1872; psychotherapy sense first recorded 1909, in Brill's translation of Freud.

1. Those things the Greeks called catharsis the sharing of pity and terror and joy with all.: 那就是希臘人稱之為“精神凈化”的東西,大家一起感受憐憫和痛苦,分享快樂.

2. He wrote out his rage and bewilderment, which gradually became a form of catharsis leading to understanding.: 他把自己的憤怒和迷惘寫了下來，這漸漸成了一種理解問題的宣泄方式。

3. Liquidations and closedowns are the healthy catharsis of an efficient market.: 停業清理和關門倒閉是一個高效率的市場的一種通便下瀉的現象.

4. They an intellectual epiphany and think they've experienced catharsis.: 他們知性富有洞察力,認為自己經歷了這樣的過程.

5. Salesman: Child, what do you buy catharsis spirit to work to use?: 售貨員: 小朋友, 你買洗滌靈干什么用啊 ?