单词	sublime
释义	sublime1 adjectivesublime2 noun sublimesub‧lime1 /səˈblaɪm/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINsublime1 Origin: 1300-1400 Latin sublimis ‘raised above the ordinary’, from limen ‘doorstep, threshold’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I was amazed at his sublime insensitivity to other people's feelings. The almond cake is particularly sublime. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A happy holiday course in a sublime setting sums up Ufford Park nicely. But others saw it in a more sublime light. Light in texture, it is sublime served with cascades of cream poured over. Once the necessary control has been acquired, the two beings are fused and reach sublime spiritual joy. They get compared to Kraftwerk quite a lot-mainly because their songs are based around the most sublime melodies. We are taught, correctly, that forgiveness is sublime, but often forgiveness leaves us unjustly suspended in emotional conflict. 1something that is sublime is so good or beautiful that it affects you deeply:  The view was sublime. Her songs are a sublime fusion of pop and Brazilian music.2used to describe feelings or behaviour that are very great or extreme, especially when someone seems not to notice what is happening around them:  an air of sublime contentment—sublimely adverb—sublimeness noun [uncountable]—sublimity /səˈblɪməti/ noun [uncountable] sublime1 adjectivesublime2 noun sublimesublime2 noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All of this may seem a digression from what this article set out to be: an inquiry into the sublime. Her wordy text clearly aims for the sublime, but it ends up collapsing into the ridiculous. In the machine age there was little place for the sublime. In the twentieth century experiences of the sublime have been extended to include those which have been made possible by technology. It's easy to understand that the vast wilderness encouraged thoughts of the sublime. It brings out the worst and the best in people, the ridiculous and the sublime. The works range from the sublime, with textured prints in iridescent gold, to humorously eccentric meat and sky collages. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the sublime In the age of machines, there is little place for the sublime. ► from the sublime to the ridiculous His paintings range from the sublime to the ridiculous. After due consideration she decided to go from the sublime to the ridiculous. Chelsea's capacity for lurching from the sublime to the ridiculous is a tradition. Constructed layer by layer, Ostrowski's canvases range from the sublime to the ridiculous, presenting many paradoxes in the process. 1 the sublime something that is so good or beautiful that you are deeply affected by it:  The works on display range from the mainstream to the sublime.2from the sublime to the ridiculous used to say that a serious and important thing or event is being followed by something very silly, unimportant, or bad
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