| 释义 |
therapize, v. Chiefly colloq.
Brit. |ˈθɛrəpʌɪz|, U.S. |ˈθɛrəˌpaɪz|
Forms: 19– therapise, 19– therapize
[‹ therapy n. + -ize suffix.]
trans. To treat with psychotherapy; to analyse or approach using the techniques of psychotherapy.
1955Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 68 361 At the end of the adventure, Stewart, Mormon and psychotherapist, found that he had himself been therapized. 1975M. Shepard Fritz xiv. 213 They're very dogmatic and opinionated... They're less easy to therapize. 1991R. A. Jamieson Day at Office 220 Just come and talk some more. You said you wanted me to therapise you. 1994Vanity Fair Aug. 83/2 In this modern world, we tend to therapize everything. 2005Gaz. (Colorado Springs, Colorado) (Nexis) 28 Sept. We therapize the heck out of them. It's a place where you pick their entire life apart.
Derivatives. therapized adj. treated with or influenced by psychotherapy.
1960Marriage & Family Living 22 21/1 Is Leslie afraid of too much love, peace, and harmony in effectively ‘*therapized’ mates? 1992U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 23 Mar. 28 We are hip deep in a bizarre attempt to use emotions as a social standard, mostly thanks to the therapized ethic produced in the '60s and '70s by the Human Potential movement and other pop therapies. 2003N.Y. Mag. 9 June 91/1 (advt.) Shy, sweet, sexy musician turned rabbi turned LA corporate lawyer..seeks slim, kind, therapized, patient Jewish sweetie to settle down with. |