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

• It was a cathartic experience.
  那是一次情感宣泄的体验。
• A cathartic selloff in 1974 was followed by a quick recovery and then years of blah performance.
  1974年股市一跌暴跌，随后又迅速恢复，接着一连数年表现平平。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I felt the cathartic power of his speech.
  我感觉到了他讲话的感情宣泄力。
• Agonist, antagonist of Kappa receptor had no effect on intestine transmission function in cathartic colon mouse.
  kappa阿片受体激动剂和拮抗剂对泻剂结肠大鼠肠道传输功能无明显的作用。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。