Word · Frequency #27771
seances
降神会；通灵会
seances is the plural of seance.
a meeting of spiritualists
指与灵媒沟通亡者灵魂的集会，区别于普通会议。
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n. a meeting of spiritualists
会议；降神会
会议；降神会
In use
They held a seance in the old house to contact their late grandmother.
My friend invited me to a seance, but I was too scared to go.
The psychic charged fifty dollars for a private seance.
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。
attend a seance
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 a seance
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 a seance
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。
Common mistakes
We attended seance last night.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。
They seanced to contact the spirit.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。
Connections
Collocations
- hold a seance
- 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。
- attend a seance
- 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。
- conduct a seance
- 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。
- seance room
- 降神会房间
- The seance room was lit only by candles.降神会房间里只点着蜡烛。
- during the seance
- 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。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.