| 英语单词 | enlightenment |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'laɪtnmənt] 美 [ɪn'laɪtnmənt] |
| 中文释义 | n.启蒙 n.【佛教】 开悟 |
| 英语例句 | (1) That was the Age of Enlightenment. (2) A public can only arrive at enlightenment slowly. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这就是启蒙时代。 (2) 大众只能缓慢地达到启蒙。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Enlightenment is education or awareness that brings change, such as your enlightenment about nutrition that leads you to throw out every last bit of your family's junk food. |
| vocabulary扩展 | In Hinduism and Buddhism, enlightenment is also sometimes called "awakening" — after all, the name "Buddha" means "the awakened one." Not all enlightenments are spiritual: your enlightenment about environmental issues, for example, can awaken you to new ways of conserving resources like water and electricity. The Enlightenment started in the 1700’s, a historical era defined by a focus on reason and science. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]启发;教化;开明;开通 Enlightenment means the act of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](佛教的)般若,觉悟,智慧 In Buddhism, enlightenment is a final spiritual state in which everything is understood and there is no more suffering or desire.
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