跳转到内容

Sublimating

“Sublimating” 在化学中指固体不经液态直接变为气体,如 dry ice sublimating(干冰升华);心理学中指向更高尚渠道转化本能冲动,如 sublimating anger into art(把愤怒升华为艺术创作)。日常学习以科学义与心理义为主。

  1. “Frost disappears by sublimating straight into vapor.” (霜通过升华直接变成水汽消失。)
  2. “She channeled her grief by sublimating it into poetry.” (她把悲伤升华为诗歌。)
  3. “The camera captured dry ice sublimating in slow motion.” (镜头慢动作拍下了干冰升华。)

来自拉丁语 sublimare(升高、提纯),sub-(向上)+ limen(门槛);科学义“固体直接气化”与“精神升华”共用同一词源。

词干 sublimate(动词,升华)+ “-ing” 表示升华过程;名词 sublimation,形容词 sublimated。

中学化学必学 sublimation;弗洛伊德心理学使 sublimating 进入自助与文学语境,指把负面情绪转化为创造力。

  • 固定搭配: “sublimating into” (升华为), “dry ice sublimating” (干冰升华)
  • 原形: sublimate
  • 名词: sublimation
  • 形容词: sublime(崇高的,同族但义有分支)

“sub-(向上)+ limin(门槛)“:物质或情绪“跳过液态”直接升华——sublimating 就是正在升华。

“Watching dry ice sublimating on stage, the playwright said she was sublimating heartbreak into the next act.” (看着台上干冰升华,编剧说她正把心碎升华为下一场戏。)