hold a seance
hold 是表示“举行”的常用搭配动词。
They held a seance in the old house.
他们在那栋老房子里举行了一场降神会。
降神会;通灵会
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降神会;通灵会
a meeting of spiritualists
They held a seance in the old house.
他们在那栋老房子里举行了一场降神会。
指与灵媒沟通亡者灵魂的集会,区别于普通会议。
会议;降神会
n. a meeting of spiritualists
They held a seance in the old house to contact their late grandmother.
他们在老房子里举行了一场降神会,想联系已故的祖母。
My friend invited me to a seance, but I was too scared to go.
我朋友邀请我去参加降神会,但我太害怕了,没有去。
The psychic charged fifty dollars for a private seance.
那位通灵师为一场私人降神会收费五十美元。
hold 是表示“举行”的常用搭配动词。
They held a seance in the old house.
他们在那栋老房子里举行了一场降神会。
attend 表示“参加”,通常用于正式或严肃的场合。
She attended a seance to contact her late husband.
她参加了一场降神会,想与已故的丈夫联系。
at 表示“在……场合”,常用于描述活动中发生的事情。
The medium goes into a trance at a seance.
在降神会上,灵媒会进入出神状态。
conduct 强调由灵媒或主持人引导整个过程。
The psychic conducted a seance for the family.
这位通灵者为那家人主持了一场降神会。
Not this
We attended seance last night.
Use this
We attended a seance last night.
seance 是可数名词,单数前需要加冠词 a/an 或 the;中文没有冠词系统,所以容易漏掉。
Not this
They seanced to contact the spirit.
Use this
They held a seance to contact the spirit.
seance 是名词,不是动词;表示“举行降神会”要用 hold/have a seance,不能直接把它当动词用。
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举办降神会
They decided to hold a seance in the old house.
他们决定在老房子里举办一场降神会。
参加降神会
She was too afraid to attend the seance alone.
她太害怕了,不敢独自参加降神会。
主持降神会
The medium conducted a seance for the grieving family.
灵媒为悲伤的家人主持了一场降神会。
降神会房间
The seance room was lit only by candles.
降神会房间里只点着蜡烛。
在降神会期间
During the seance, the table began to move.
在降神会期间,桌子开始移动。
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首字母 s 联想到 spirit(灵魂),降神会正是灵媒召集的通灵会议,别当成普通会议。
语域:neutral 常见场景:灵异或超自然话题、历史、民俗或影视文学作品 “seance”通常指通灵者举行的降神会,即试图与亡灵或超自然力量联系的聚会;该词本身语气相对中立,但在日常口语中不如说“spiritual meeting”常见,比较常见于灵异话题、历史或影视/文学作品里。
没有常见英文单词与 seance (/ˈseɪɒns/) 完全押韵。像 science (/ˈsaɪəns/) 这样的词看起来相似但读音不同。其他以 -ance 结尾的词如 balance、finance、romance、stance、enhance 均读作 /əns/ 或 /æns/,而非 /ɒns/。
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