sublimation
noun [ C or U ] psychology specialized uk/ˌsʌb.lɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌsʌb.ləˈmeɪ.ʃən/
转化;升华;高尚化
the act of expressing strong emotions or using energy by doing an activity or creating something, or the activity or work itself
Was their writing a sublimation of deep, basic desires? 他们的写作是将深层的基本欲望高尚化了吗？
He believed aggression could be kept in check via sublimation, namely through play. 他相信攻击行为可以通过转化成游戏来控制。
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- When I was in between relationships, work was almost a sublimation of my love.
- How much was his fury against journalists simply a sublimation of the anger he felt about his personal relationships?
- Sinclair developed a distinction between sublimation - in which sexual energies are rechannelled to spiritual ends - and repression, which eats away at the soul.
- Some of Andersen's most famous stories are dramatisations or sublimations of his own dilemmas.