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

• 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。
• 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。
• Experimental Treatment of Acute Organophosphorus Pesticide Poisoning with Adsorptive/ Cathartic Compound Prescriptions in Mice
  吸附/导泻复方制剂对小鼠有机磷急性中毒的实验治疗
• He called it the Ex. "It was cathartic," he says.
  这是一种很好的宣泄，他说。
• 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。
• Comparative Study of Direct Nursing Cost between Auricular-plaster Method and Routine Cathartic Therapy
  耳穴贴压与一般通便疗法的护理直接成本的比较
• Shopping is also deemed as cathartic activity, purging all your negative emotion.
  购物也被视为泻药活动，净化你所有的负面情绪。
• I felt the cathartic power of his speech.
  我感觉到了他讲话的感情宣泄力。
• Experience shows that the harsh discipline required to list on equity markets can be cathartic, transforming staid monopolies into nimbler, more profitable enterprises.
  经验表明，不规范运作只有通过上市才能加以规范，变垄断企业为更具效率和盈利能力的上市企业。