| 释义 |
mentalize, v.|ˈmɛntəlaɪz|
[f. mental a.1 + -ize.]
a. trans. To develop or cultivate mentally.
b. To stimulate the mind. nonce-use.
c. To realize mentally or invest with mental qualities. nonce-use. So ˈmentalized ppl. a., ˈmentalizing vbl. n.
1807T. Campbell Let. 6 July in W. Beattie Life & Lett. T. Campbell (1849) II. iv. 110, I sometimes call on the satirical Gifford..who mentalises me for a few moments, but the impression lasts too short. 1837H. Smith Let. 2 Oct. in A. Mathews Mem. Charles Mathews (1839) IV. xviii. 447 While others satisfied themselves with endeavouring to embody their originals, he made it his study to mentalize them. I am obliged to coin a word, but my meaning is, that while he surpassed all competitors in the mere mimicry of externals, he was unique in the subtlety, acuteness, and truth with which he could copy the mind of his prototype. 1885G. S. Hall in N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 145 The only thing that can ever undermine our school system in popular support is a suspicion that it does not moralize as well as mentalize children. 1927D. H. Lawrence Let. 28 May (1962) II. 981 One emerges with a body all right—but a different one, perhaps, not so mentalised. 1935W. de la Mare Early One Morning ii. 404 Seeming stupidity may be due to a highly individualised way of mentalizing things. 1936Downside Rev. LIV. 551 The body continues to produce its own characteristic actions, but along with these it produces a new action—thought. Body becomes mind, or rather mentalised. 1936J. R. Kantor Objective Psychol. Gram. v. 66 We react to printed words..as though they were words heard in conversation... It is precisely the mentalizing procedure that produces the confusion of responses to language activity. 1973D. Ramsay Deadly Discretion 76 Want to try mentalizing?.. First empty your mind... Then wait for me to send you the message. |