| 单词 | archetype |
| 释义 | archetype (once / 5457 pages) n An archetype is a perfect example or model of something. If you have long blonde hair, a sparkly ball gown, and a fairy godmother hovering over your head, you're the archetype of a fairytale princess. In the psychology of Carl Jung, an archetype is an inherited pattern of thought derived from the past experience of the whole race and present in our unconscious minds––Cinderella might be an archetype for girls in our culture; the boogey man is another. This noun is from Latin archetypum, from Greek archetypon, from archetypos "of the first mold," from archein "to begin" plus typos "type." WORD FAMILYarchetype: archetypal, archetypes, archetypical+/archetypal: archetypally/archetypical: archetypically USAGE EXAMPLESBoth roles, Garfield says, deal with men in touch with the self-sacrificing Jesus Christ archetype that “lives within each of us.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Most use Jordan as the archetype, doing and saying nothing that might adversely affect their image. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) She was a woman with mental illness who refused to be painted as an hysteric, a histrionic; sexist archetypes beloved by the early psychoanalyst set. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) n something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies Syn|Hyper original, pilot example, model a representative form or pattern |
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