cathexis
[kə'θɛksɪs]
- n. 全神贯注
英英释义
- 1. (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object;
- "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
双语例句
- 1. Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.
- Freud认为性欲发泄是同电荷释放类似的精神现象.
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- 2. In psychoanalysis, cathexis is the libido's charge of energy.
- 在精神分析学中, 性欲发泄是性冲动的一种释放.
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英文词源
- cathexis (n.)
- 1922, from Latinized form of Greek kathexis "holding, retention," from PIE root *segh- "to hold" (see scheme (n.)). Used by psychologists to render Freud's (libido)besetzung.
词态变化
复数: cathexes;