cathartic

英 [kəˈθɑːtɪk]

美 [kəˈθɑːrtɪk]

adj. 起宣泄作用的; 宣泄情绪的

BNC.33415 / COCA.19984

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 起到发泄作用的;宣泄情绪的
Something that iscathartichas the effect of catharsis.
1. His laughter was cathartic, an animal yelp that brought tears to his eyes.
  他哈哈大笑以宣泄情绪，声音如野兽般尖厉，眼泪都笑出来了。
2. ...a liberating and cathartic experience.
  释放情感、宣泄情绪的体验

英英释义

noun

a purging medicine
Synonym:purgativephysicaperient

adj

strongly laxative
Synonym:evacuantpurgative
emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
Synonym:releasing
emotionally purging
Synonym:psychotherapeutic

双语例句

Experience shows that the harsh discipline required to list on equity markets can be cathartic, transforming staid monopolies into nimbler, more profitable enterprises.
经验表明，不规范运作只有通过上市才能加以规范，变垄断企业为更具效率和盈利能力的上市企业。
Several networks, betting that viewers want to give the Great Recession a big, cathartic bear hug, have announced new shows about the little guy struggling and the big guy brought low.
一些电视网，认为观众想给经济危机一个发泄似的大熊抱，他们播出了一些关于在经济危机中小人物挣扎和大人物破产的电视剧。
Tears can be cathartic or a means of clearing the air.
眼泪可以是消除误会的良药。
It was a cathartic experience.
那是一次情感宣泄的体验。
To be taken orally can use as cathartic, stomachic tonic.
内服可用作泻药、健胃药等。
As a young woman she had written a novel, a collection of short stories and a cathartic memoir about being jilted by her lover.
当她是一个年轻女人的时候，她写过一部小说，一部短篇故事集和一部关于她被情人抛弃的，却是十分陶冶人情操的自传。
A cathartic selloff in 1974 was followed by a quick recovery and then years of blah performance.
1974年股市一跌暴跌，随后又迅速恢复，接着一连数年表现平平。
And that's what the art is for at this stage, is actually to let it have some sort of cathartic effect on you.
这就是艺术在这种时候的意义，它其实能帮你释放自己强烈的情感。
Comparative Study of Direct Nursing Cost between Auricular-plaster Method and Routine Cathartic Therapy
耳穴贴压与一般通便疗法的护理直接成本的比较
One of the reasons the US has been so strong is because we have always been cathartic and have purged ourselves.
美国之所以一直这么强大的原因之一，是我们总是在破旧迎新。