单词	sublimation
释义	sublimatesub‧li‧mate /ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsublimate Origin: 1400-1500 Latin past participle of sublimare ‘to raise’, from sublimis; ➔ SUBLIME1 Verb Table VERB TABLE sublimate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they sublimate he, she, it sublimates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they sublimated Present perfect I, you, we, they have sublimated he, she, it has sublimated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had sublimated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will sublimate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have sublimated Continuous Form Present I am sublimating he, she, it is sublimating you, we, they are sublimating Past I, he, she, it was sublimating you, we, they were sublimating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been sublimating he, she, it has been sublimating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been sublimating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be sublimating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been sublimating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Players have to sublimate their egos for the good of the team. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS I must learn to sublimate my desire for my own perch by feeling happy for Aunt Louise sitting there. In this respect his predatory instincts were sublimated for the welfare of family and community. It was the 1950s, and we were poor and chaste, and we sublimated furiously. Nurses are no longer expected to sublimate their feelings behind starchy officiousness as has been the case in the not so distant past. Once again, I felt that if I did not somehow sublimate my pain, I should be irretrievably lost. One method whereby the aggressive and destructive energies of mankind are sublimated is through work. Writers like Yamamoto and Yamauchi and even Mori do not so fully sublimate their losses. technical to use the energy that comes from sexual feelings to do something, such as work or art, that is more acceptable to your society—sublimation /ˌsʌbləˈmeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
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