hypnotism

IPA/ˈhɪpnətɪzəm/
KK[hˈɪpnətˌɪzəm]IPA/ˈhɪpnətɪzəm/

hypnotism — 名詞

1. the skill or use of guiding a person into a sleep-like calm where they will list

1.名詞C1
釋義

催眠術

引導他人進入催眠狀態的技術或方法

the skill or use of guiding a person into a sleep-like calm where they will listen to and follow what another person tells them.

例句

Imran studied hypnotism for years before helping patients quit smoking.

Imran 鑽研催眠術多年，後來幫助病人戒菸。

common subject area: study + hypnotism

The stage performer used hypnotism to make Lauren cluck like a chicken in front of the audience.

舞台表演者用催眠術讓 Lauren 在觀眾面前學雞叫。

typical context: stage performance + use hypnotism to + verb

常見搭配
  • study hypnotism
  • practice hypnotism
  • use hypnotism
  • stage hypnotism
  • clinical hypnotism
同義詞
  • mesmerism

    older, near-archaic term tied to 18th-century practitioner Mesmer; rarely used in modern clinical contexts

  • hypnotherapy

    specifically the therapeutic application of hypnotism for treating conditions like anxiety or pain

用法筆記

Uncountable noun — never *a hypnotism* or *hypnotisms*. Distinguish from 'hypnosis': hypnotism is the practice or skill of inducing the state, while hypnosis is the trance state itself.

常見錯誤

The therapist performed a hypnotism on me.
The therapist used hypnotism on me.
uncountable; no indefinite article.
After two hypnotisms, she felt better.
After two hypnotism sessions, she felt better.
no plural form; use 'sessions' as the countable unit.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • hypnotism session
  • hypnotism show
  • stage hypnotism
  • clinical hypnotism

常用片語

  • practice hypnotism
  • use hypnotism
  • study hypnotism

介系詞搭配

  • under hypnotism
  • through hypnotism