Word · Frequency #35031
sublimating
升华
sublimating is the present participle of sublimate.
To redirect a primitive or sexual impulse into a socially acceptable activity.
心理学用语,指把本能冲动转化为社会可接受的行动。
- 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.
To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.
- 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.
Synonym of sublime.
- 5.
Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
- 6.
Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
- 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.
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
In use
In chemistry class, we sublimated iodine to observe its purple vapor.
The chemist sublimates the compound under reduced pressure to obtain pure crystals.
If you sublimate the powder slowly, you can collect the crystals on the lid.
sublimate sth
及物用法,常指将负面情绪或冲动转化为积极行为。
He tried to sublimate his anger.
他试图升华自己的愤怒。
sublimate
不及物用法,指物质直接由固态变为气态。
The solid sublimated into gas.
这种固体升华成了气体。
sublimate sth into sth
结构,表示将某物转化为另一种形式(常为更高级的)。
Connections
Confusing words
- sublime
- 崇高的;升华的 · sublime 作形容词表示‘崇高的’,作动词时与 sublimate 同义但较少用;而 sublimate 主要为动词,指‘使升华’或‘使高尚’。
- subliminal
- 下意识的 · subliminal 指‘潜意识的’、‘阈下的’,与 sublimate 含义完全不同,仅拼写相似。
Word family
- sublimates
- plural, third person singular
- sublimated
- past, past participle
- sublimating
- present participle
Learner notes
Grammar Note
及物时意为'使升华、使高尚',不及物时意为'升华、纯化'。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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