Sublimate



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 使) 升华, 净化
• ［英］ v. ( 使) 升华, 净化 ( to express instinctual urges, esp. sexual desires, in a socially acceptable manner)
• ［记］ 来自sublime ( 崇高的) ＋ate

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (-mated; -mating)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. sublime 1
  • b. archaic to improve or refine as if by subliming
• 2. to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable
• ? sublimation noun

II. noun

• Date: circa 1626
• a chemical product obtained by sublimation

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