cathartic

英 [kəˈθɑːtɪk]

美 [kəˈθɑːrtɪk]

adj.  起宣泄作用的; 宣泄情绪的

BNC.33415 / COCA.19984

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 起到发泄作用的;宣泄情绪的
  Something that iscathartichas the effect of catharsis.
  1. His laughter was cathartic, an animal yelp that brought tears to his eyes.
     他哈哈大笑以宣泄情绪，声音如野兽般尖厉，眼泪都笑出来了。
  2. ...a liberating and cathartic experience.
     释放情感、宣泄情绪的体验

英英释义

noun

• a purging medicine
  Synonym:purgativephysicaperient

adj

• strongly laxative
  Synonym:evacuantpurgative
• emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
  Synonym:releasing
• emotionally purging
  Synonym:psychotherapeutic

双语例句

• Being in the air was so cathartic for him.
  对他来说，在空中飞行的感觉是如此畅快。
• Many filmgoers want a cathartic experience, but few reviewers are willing or even able to achieve catharsis.
  许多影迷希望能够在电影中有酣畅淋漓的感觉，但是没有评论员愿意或者是能够做到。
• I felt the cathartic power of his speech.
  我感觉到了他讲话的感情宣泄力。
• The crisis should have a cathartic impact on the financial sector but there is a risk that responses to it will overshoot.
  危机应该会成为金融行业的一剂“泻药”，但也存在对危机反应过度的风险。
• One of the reasons the US has been so strong is because we have always been cathartic and have purged ourselves.
  美国之所以一直这么强大的原因之一，是我们总是在破旧迎新。
• Methods: A model of cathartic colon was constructed by gastric infusion with rhubarb or phenolphthalein in rats. The transit function of colon was measured by Chinese ink expulsion test;
  方法：采用大黄和酚酞建立泻剂结肠大鼠模型，以墨汁推进试验测定其传输功能；
• As a young woman she had written a novel, a collection of short stories and a cathartic memoir about being jilted by her lover.
  当她是一个年轻女人的时候，她写过一部小说，一部短篇故事集和一部关于她被情人抛弃的，却是十分陶冶人情操的自传。
• And that's what the art is for at this stage, is actually to let it have some sort of cathartic effect on you.
  这就是艺术在这种时候的意义，它其实能帮你释放自己强烈的情感。
• And I hoped it would feel cathartic to make this together, as sort of our final act, he added.
  他又说道：我希望这样完成一首歌可以让我们宣泄一些伤感的情绪，算是我们最后的告别。
• East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine.
  产于东印度的一种决明，具长荚果，含有黑色导泻的果肉，可作马的内服剂。