subconscious
/ˌsʌbˈkɒnʃəs/ (bre, ipa) · [səbkˈɑnʃəs] /ˌsʌbˈkɑːnʃəs/ (ame, ipa) · [səbkˈɑnʃəs] /ˌsəb-ˈkän(t)-shəs How to pronounce subconscious (audio) ˈsəb-/ (ame, mw) · /ˌsʌbˈkɒn.ʃəs/ (bre, ipa) · [səbkˈɑnʃəs] /ˌsʌbˈkɑːn.ʃəs/ (ame, ipa)
subconscious — 形容詞
- subconsciouspositive
- more subconsciouscomparative
- most subconscioussuperlative
1. describing feelings, ideas, or reactions that work below your direct awareness a
潛意識的
在未察覺下影響想法或行為
describing feelings, ideas, or reactions that work below your direct awareness and quietly shape what you think or do.
Reema's subconscious fear of failure made her check every email twice.
Reema 對失敗的潛意識恐懼，讓她每封電子郵件都檢查兩次。
collocation: subconscious fear
During therapy, Zayd noticed a subconscious wish to impress his father.
在治療過程中，Zayd 察覺自己有種想討好父親的潛意識願望。
collocation: subconscious wish
The ad used subconscious colour cues to make the brand feel safer.
那則廣告利用潛意識的色彩暗示，讓這個品牌顯得更可靠。
Antonia's subconscious bias made her trust older staff more quickly.
Antonia 的潛意識偏見，讓她更快相信年紀較大的同事。
- hidden
broader and less psychological; not limited to the mind
- underlying
emphasizes a deeper cause beneath the visible one
- implicit
often about attitudes or assumptions rather than buried feelings
- unconscious
often overlaps, but can also refer to complete lack of physical awareness
- conscious
fully noticed or done with awareness
- deliberate
planned or chosen on purpose
- explicit
openly stated rather than hidden below awareness
文法句型
subconscious + noun (fear, bias, wish, motive, signal)
用法筆記
Usually placed before a noun such as fear, bias, wish, or habit. Distinguish from the noun sense, which names the hidden part of the mind itself, and from unconscious, which can describe someone who is physically knocked out.
常見錯誤
subconscious — 名詞
1. the hidden level of the mind where memories, wishes, and learned patterns keep a
潛意識
心裡暗中影響行為的層面
the hidden level of the mind where memories, wishes, and learned patterns keep affecting feelings and behaviour outside your direct attention.
The therapist asked Putri to describe dreams rising from the subconscious.
治療師請 Putri 描述那些從潛意識浮現的夢。
pattern: from the subconscious
Old songs can bring memories out of the subconscious for some listeners.
老歌會替某些聽眾把記憶從潛意識裡帶出來。
collocation: out of the subconscious
Tamás believed his fear of water came from the subconscious.
Tamás 相信自己怕水，是從潛意識裡來的。
The novelist often trusted the subconscious to shape her characters.
這位小說家常相信潛意識會替她塑造角色。
- unconscious
a stricter psychoanalytic term, especially in Freud and Jung
- psyche
broader; covers the whole mind, not just the hidden layer
- inner self
non-technical and more personal in tone
- conscious mind
the part of thought you notice directly
- consciousness
the state of active awareness
文法句型
the subconscious
from the subconscious
in the subconscious
用法筆記
Often used with 'the' when people talk about buried wishes, memories, or habits. In everyday speech, speakers may also say 'subconscious mind', but the noun itself already names that hidden mental layer.