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under hypnosis
介词短语作状语，表示状态。
The patient was able to recall the event under hypnosis.
患者在催眠状态下能够回忆起那件事。
催眠状态
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
催眠状态
A sleep-like trancelike state, usually induced by suggestion, in which a person is unusually suggestible.
The patient was able to recall the event under hypnosis.
患者在催眠状态下能够回忆起那件事。
一种人为诱导的类似出神的状态,在此状态下人的受暗示性增强,可能回忆起被压抑的记忆。
A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
一种类似睡眠但由暗示引起的状态
a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion
诱导催眠的做法；催眠术。
The practice of inducing hypnosis; hypnotism.
各种类似睡眠的状态。
Any of various sleep-like conditions.
During the therapy session, the psychologist used hypnosis to help the patient recall a forgotten memory.
在治疗过程中，心理学家使用催眠术帮助患者回忆起一段被遗忘的记忆。
She was skeptical about hypnosis until she saw a friend quit smoking after a single session.
她对催眠术持怀疑态度，直到她看到一位朋友在一次催眠后就戒了烟。
Under hypnosis, the subject described a detailed scene from childhood that she had never mentioned before.
在催眠状态下，受试者描述了一个她从未提过的童年场景，细节非常丰富。
介词短语作状语，表示状态。
The patient was able to recall the event under hypnosis.
患者在催眠状态下能够回忆起那件事。
动词短语，表示使人进入催眠状态。
The therapist put the client under hypnosis to reduce anxiety.
治疗师让客户进入催眠状态以减轻焦虑。
复合名词，表示自我催眠技巧。
She learned self-hypnosis to manage chronic pain.
她学会了自我催眠来管理慢性疼痛。
Not this
I can hypnosis him easily.
Use this
I can hypnotize him easily.
在中文中，“催眠”可作动词，但英语中 hypnosis 是名词，正确动词是 hypnotize。
Not this
He performed a hypnosis on me.
Use this
He performed hypnosis on me.
hypnosis 是不可数名词，不应加冠词 a。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
在催眠状态下
She remembered the event only under hypnosis.
她只有在催眠状态下才回忆起那件事。
自我催眠
He learned self-hypnosis to manage stress.
他学会了自我催眠来应对压力。
催眠治疗过程
The hypnosis session lasted for an hour.
这次催眠治疗持续了一个小时。
催眠疗法
Hypnosis therapy is sometimes used to treat anxiety.
催眠疗法有时被用来治疗焦虑。
接受催眠
The patient agreed to undergo hypnosis to overcome the phobia.
病人同意接受催眠以克服恐惧症。
舞台催眠表演
Stage hypnosis is a form of entertainment.
舞台催眠是一种娱乐形式。
所有催眠都是自我催眠。
This quote by psychiatrist Milton Erickson captures his belief that a therapist can only guide patients into hypnosis, but they must enter the trance themselves. It is frequently used to teach that hypnosis requires a patient's cooperation.
精神科医生米尔顿·艾里克森的这句话表达了他的观点：治疗师只能引导病人进入催眠，但病人必须自己进入出神状态。这句话经常被用来说明催眠需要患者的配合。
Use hypnosis naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 hypnosis 读成 "hip-no-sis"，像催眠师手中钟摆的节奏，一下一下带你进入睡眠。
语域：neutral 常见场景：clinical therapy、academic psychology、popular health discussions hypnosis 属于中性语体，在医学、心理学等专业场合和日常谈论催眠治疗、戒烟等话题时都比较常用，正式程度适中，不显生僻或随意。
All listed words share the -osis ending and are pronounced with the same stressed /oʊ/ + /səs/ as hypnosis, so they rhyme with it. Note that 'crisis' and other -sis words like 'thesis' have different vowels and do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.