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

• In total, it sounds like it was a personal and cathartic album.
  总的来说，听起来像是个人（自我）净化和宣泄情感的专辑。
• Tears can be cathartic or a means of clearing the air.
  眼泪可以是消除误会的良药。
• Several networks, betting that viewers want to give the Great Recession a big, cathartic bear hug, have announced new shows about the little guy struggling and the big guy brought low.
  一些电视网，认为观众想给经济危机一个发泄似的大熊抱，他们播出了一些关于在经济危机中小人物挣扎和大人物破产的电视剧。
• 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。
• All of this energy is cathartic and will lead you to various forms of fulfillment by mid-2009.
  这个能量是净化的，将会在2009年中之前为你们带来不同形式的完满。
• Cathartic Effects of Moringa Oleifera Leaves in Mice I'm afraid hot food or oily food does not agree with us.
  辣木叶对小白鼠通便作用的初步研究辛辣和油腻食物恐怕不合我们的胃口。
• 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。
• 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
• I felt the cathartic power of his speech.
  我感觉到了他讲话的感情宣泄力。
• 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。