| 释义 |
auto-suggest, v.|ˌɔːtəʊsəˈdʒɛst|
[Back-formation from next.]
trans. To produce, remove, or influence, by auto-suggestion. Also intr.
1921Discovery Nov. 296/2 We are suffering from toothache and wish to autosuggest it away. 1926W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts iii. viii. 230 The name Coué, which till lately would have auto-suggested a tale of adventure in the Australian bush, has now become famous in connection with the newest school of psychotherapy. 1936Discovery Aug. 254/1 Intellectual preconceptions..which..autosuggest to the subject [sc. a dowser or diviner] some coherent..scheme of interpretation with which his subsequent muscular reflexes..concur. 1945Salt 12 Feb. 37/2, I guessed Bill was auto-suggestin' for all he was worth. |