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

• 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。
• 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。
• There's something cathartic about having a good cry and "letting it all out," even if you don't have anything in particular that's bringing you down.
  有些需要宣泄的事情会让你痛快的哭一场并且能让你全部发泄出来，尽管没有什么事情尤其是使你感到挫败的事情。
• 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。
• It was a cathartic experience.
  那是一次情感宣泄的体验。
• To be taken orally can use as cathartic, stomachic tonic.
  内服可用作泻药、健胃药等。
• 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。
• He called it the Ex. "It was cathartic," he says.
  这是一种很好的宣泄，他说。
• Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.
  通过使用一种药物来清除体内加速内脏的循环。