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无 Greek Platonic Plə'Tɔnik A.理论的;纯精神上的,没有感官欲望的 Adj 1530s Pertaining

单词 platonic
音标 [plə'tɔnik]
解释 a.理论的;纯精神上的,没有感官欲望的
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字源 Platonic (adj.)
1530s, "of or pertaining to Greek philosopher Plato" (429 B.C.E.-c.347 B.C.E.), from Latin Platonicus, from Greek Platonikos. The name is Greek Platon, properly "broad-shouldered" (from platys "broad;" see plaice (n.)). His original name was Aristocles. The meaning "love free of sensual desire" (1630s), which the word usually carries nowadays, is a Renaissance notion; it is based on Plato's writings in "Symposium" about the kind of interest Socrates took in young men, which originally had no reference to women. Related: Platonically.
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