sublimate

英 [ˈsʌblɪmeɪt]

美 [ˈsʌblɪmeɪt]

v.  升华，使高尚化(把性欲冲动等转移到工作、锻炼、艺术等社会可接受的活动中)

过去式：sublimated　复数：sublimates　过去分词：sublimated　现在分词：sublimating　第三人称单数：sublimates　

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BNC.35031 / COCA.25619

牛津词典

verb

• 升华，使高尚化（把性欲冲动等转移到工作、锻炼、艺术等社会可接受的活动中）
  to direct your energy, especially sexual energy, to socially acceptable activities such as work, exercise, art, etc.

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使升华;使(欲望、情感)高尚化
  If yousublimatea strong desire or feeling, you express it in a way that is socially acceptable.
  1. He could try to sublimate the problem by writing, in detail, about it...
     他可以努力通过详细记述该问题而使其受到人们的正视。
  2. The erotic impulse is sublimated into art.
     将性冲动升华为艺术。

英英释义

noun

• the product of vaporization of a solid

verb

• vaporize and then condense right back again
  Synonym:sublime
• change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
  1. sublime iodine
  2. some salts sublime when heated
  Synonym:sublime
• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
  1. purify the water
  Synonym:purifymake puredistill
• make more subtle or refined
  Synonym:rarefysubtilize
• direct energy or urges into useful activities

adj

• made pure

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