sublimating

核心释义

心理学用语，指把本能冲动转化为社会可接受的行动。

To redirect a primitive or sexual impulse into a socially acceptable activity.

1. 1.

   To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.

2. 2.

   To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.

3. 3.

   To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity.

4. 4.

   Synonym of sublime.

5. 5.

   Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.

6. 6.

   Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.

7. 7.

   To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.

8. 8.

   Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”).

使升华；凝华；变得崇高；提升；使崇高；使变得高尚；提炼殆尽