epiphany

[?'p?f?ni]

暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?epiphanies;

Epiphany 主顯節(jié)

epi-, 在上，在中。-phan, 顯現(xiàn)，詞源同photo, phantasm.

epiphany (n.): early 14c., "festival of the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles" (celebrated Jan. 6; usually with a capital -E-), from Old French epiphanie, from Late Latin epiphania, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular), from late Greek epiphaneia "manifestation, striking appearance, festival held in commemoration of the appearance of a god at some particular place" (in New Testament, "advent or manifestation of Christ"), from epiphanes "manifest, conspicuous," from epiphainein "to manifest, display, show off; come suddenly into view," from epi "on, to" (see epi-) + phainein "to show" (see phantasm). Of divine beings other than Christ, first recorded 1660s; general literary sense of "any manifestation or revelation" appeared 1840, first in De Quincey.

1. By epiphany he means'sudden spiritual manifestation ".: 他的“顯現(xiàn)”指的是“神靈的突現(xiàn) ”.

2. By epiphany he means'the most delicate and evanescent of such memorable focusing moments.': 他的“顯現(xiàn)”指的是 “ 那種難于忘懷的了,令人聚精會(huì)神的最微妙最短暫的時(shí)刻. ”

3. They an intellectual epiphany and think they've experienced catharsis.: 他們知性富有洞察力,認(rèn)為自己經(jīng)歷了這樣的過(guò)程.

4. As I studied these terms, I had an epiphany.: 在研究這些詞語(yǔ)時(shí), 我突然靈光一現(xiàn).

5. It consists of the archetypal structure of initiation story : innocence — ordeal — epiphany — maturity.: 西婭的成長(zhǎng)歷程體現(xiàn)了成長(zhǎng)小說(shuō)的原型結(jié)構(gòu)模式: 天真—考驗(yàn)—頓悟—成熟.