mesmerism

IPA/ˈmez.mər.ɪ.zəm/
KK[mˈɛsmɚˌɪzəm]IPA/ˈmez.mər.ɪ.zəm/

mesmerism — 名詞

1. A method of healing developed in the 1700s by Austrian doctor Franz Mesmer, in w

1.名詞C2
釋義

催眠術

源於梅斯默的催眠法

A method of healing developed in the 1700s by Austrian doctor Franz Mesmer, in which a person is guided into a sleeplike trance and becomes unusually open to suggestions from the practitioner.

例句

In eighteenth-century Vienna, audiences paid to watch demonstrations of mesmerism by traveling performers.

在十八世紀的維也納，觀眾付錢觀看巡迴表演者的催眠術示範。

demonstration of + [practice] — historical usage context

Dr. Takeshi studied mesmerism as part of his research into the history of psychological treatments.

Takeshi 醫生研究催眠術，作為他心理治療歷史研究的一部分。

常見搭配
  • demonstrate mesmerism
  • study mesmerism
  • practice mesmerism
  • reject mesmerism
  • believe in mesmerism
  • a session of mesmerism
  • the history of mesmerism
同義詞
  • hypnotism

    the modern equivalent; mesmerism is the original 18th-century precursor

  • hypnosis

    the trance state itself, rather than the specific historical practice

  • animal magnetism

    the original name Mesmer gave to his theory; now entirely historical

文法句型

uncountable noun

用法筆記

Mesmerism is a historical term tied specifically to Franz Mesmer's 18th-century theories. In modern contexts, hypnotism or hypnosis is used instead.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • demonstration of mesmerism
  • session of mesmerism
  • history of mesmerism
  • form of mesmerism

常用片語

  • a form of mesmerism

介系詞搭配

  • in mesmerism
  • with mesmerism