escapism

英 [ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm]

美 [ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm]

n.  逃避现实; 解脱方法

GRE

BNC.22454 / COCA.25197

牛津词典

noun

• 逃避现实；解脱方法
  an activity, a form of entertainment, etc. that helps you avoid or forget unpleasant or boring things
  1. the pure escapism of adventure movies
     惊险电影的纯娱乐性
  2. For John, books are a form of escapism .
     对约翰来说，看书是一种消遣形式。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 消遣;帮人逃避现实的事物
  If you describe an activity or type of entertainment asescapism, you mean that it makes people think about pleasant things instead of the uninteresting or unpleasant aspects of their life.
  1. Horoscopes are merely harmless escapism from an ever-bleaker world.
     占星术只不过是让人逃避越发令人沮丧的世界的无害消遣罢了。

英英释义

noun

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
  1. romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life
  2. his alcohol problem was a form of escapism
  Synonym:escape

双语例句

• He refused to pander to nostalgia and escapism ( New York Times)
  他拒绝迎合怀旧心理和逃避主义（纽约时报）
• Japan is rich enough, bored enough with national ambition, strait-jacketed enough and gloomy enough to find immense attraction in playful escapism and quirky obsession.
  日本富得流油，厌倦了国家抱负，受到拘束，也很忧郁，这些因素足够其极其着迷于逃避现实的玩耍和古怪的事物。
• Everyone all have a fond dream, but dreams to be not an escapism, it is the target making great efforts, the direction advancing bravely.
  每个人都有梦想，而梦想不是空想，它是努力的目标，奋进的方向。
• This paper focuses on the expatriates'tendency of alcoholism and escapism, and aims to demonstrate the relationship between this tendency and their lostness.
  本论文的重点在移民的酗酒和逃避倾向，旨在找出两者之间的联系以及这两者同“迷惘”的关系。
• During the Great Depression, movies did well because they were a cheap form of escapism.
  在大萧条时期，电影市场表现很好，因为这是“逃避主义”的廉价形式。
• Drug-taking is a form of escapism for some people. stooping to contemptible methods to realize their ambitions;
  对有些人来说，吸毒是一种逃避现实的手段.为实现他们的野心而卑屈到采取可鄙的手段；
• The child, facing stress of hospitalization, used coping behaviors that included regression and escapism.
  学龄前期的儿童，面对住院压力最易生成退化、逃避等因应行为。
• Horoscopes are merely harmless escapism from an ever-bleaker world.
  占星术只不过是让人逃避越发令人沮丧的世界的无害消遣罢了。
• After a busy week at work, we all crave escapism and some "me time", and it is clear women prefer to spend theirs with girlfriends than partners.
  在忙碌工作了一周后，我们都渴望逃离，拥有一些‘私人专属时间’，显然女人们更喜欢和闺蜜而不是和另一半一起度过这些‘私人专属时间’。
• He escaped into romantic novels; his alcohol problem was a form of escapism.
  他逃避到浪漫小说中；他的喝酒问题是一种逃避的形式。