| 释义 |
de-tension, n.|diːˈtɛnʃən|
A reduction of anxiety; a relaxation.
1949Koestler Insight & Outlook v. 58 The delight in laughing is one of the many variants of catharsis or de-tension.
Hence de-ˈtension v., de-ˈtensioning vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1952A. Huxley Let. July (1969) 649 This process of remembering will induce a complete detensioning. 1958Times 29 Sept. 5/4 A substitute ‘detensioning’ agent, something less harmful than smoking. 1961New Statesman 10 Mar. 376/2 Macmillan's attempt to de-tension the conference and work for some face-saving compromise. 1966Observer 3 Apr. 13/1 Detensioning had already set in before the first Labour gain. |