Enlightenment
英[?n'la?t(?)nm(?)nt;en-]
美[?n'la?tnm?nt]
- n. 啟迪；啟蒙運動；教化
詞態變化
復數:?enlightenments;
中文詞源
enlightenment 開悟
en-, 進入，使。light, 光。宗教用語，指靈光閃現，開悟，頓悟。
英文詞源
- enlightenment (n.)
- 1660s, "action of enlightening," from enlighten + -ment. Used only in figurative sense, of spiritual enlightenment, etc. Attested from 1865 as a translation of German Aufkl?rung, a name for the spirit of independent thought and rationalistic system of 18c. Continental philosophers.
For the philosophes, man was not a sinner, at least not by nature; human nature -- and this argument was subversive, in fact revolutionary, in their day -- is by origin good, or at least neutral. Despite the undeniable power of man's antisocial passions, therefore, the individual may hope for improvement through his own efforts -- through education, participation in politics, activity in behalf of reform, but not through prayer. [Peter Gay, "The Enlightenment"]
雙語例句
- 1. Stella had a moment of enlightenment.
- 斯特拉豁然開朗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The newspapers provided little enlightenment about the cause of the accident.
- 報章對事故原因并未解釋清楚。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment.
- 社會主義者認為自己是啟蒙運動的真正繼承者.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I gained a good deal of enlightenment from him.
- 我從他那里獲得許多啟發.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. A person with enlightenment knows the value of education.
- 開明的人知道教育的價值.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》