| 单词 | transmigration |
| 释义 | transmigration (once / 7225 pages) n Transmigration is the movement of a soul into another body after death. Transmigration is related to reincarnation. If you believe your cat is your reincarnated grandmother, then you believe in transmigration. The pieces of this word might look familiar — trans means “across,” as in transport or transcontinental, and migration is the act of moving, like birds flying south. Transmigration used to just mean what it sounds like, as in “move from one place to another,” but later it took on the deeper meaning of a soul moving into another body after death. Various religions are associated with different types of transmigration. WORD FAMILYtransmigration: transmigrations+/migrate: migrated, migrates, migrating, migration, migrator, migratory, transmigrate/migration: migrational, migrations/migrator: migrators/migratory: nonmigratory/transmigrate: transmigrated, transmigrates, transmigrating, transmigration USAGE EXAMPLESThe finale will be a performance of John Adams’ “On the Transmigration of Souls,” to mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Seattle Times(Sep 10, 2016) He once joked about a desire to be reincarnated as sewage legislation—using transmigration to shut down his namesake. Slate(Nov 10, 2015) In the very early Catholic Church there were sects who definitely believed in the transmigration of souls. Washington Post(Apr 14, 2015) n the passing of a soul into another body after death Hyper rebirth, reincarnation, renascence a second or new birth |
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