/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/
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- with obj.(in psychoanalytic theory) divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity（精神分析理论）使升华：
people who will sublimate sexuality into activities which help to build up and preserve civilization.
要把性行为升华为有助于建立和保存文明的活动的人。
1.1
- transform (something) into a purer or idealized form使纯化, 使净化; 使高尚化, 使理想化：
attractive rhythms are sublimated and integrated into a much larger context.
迷人的旋律被升华和融入更恢宏的情境。
派生词
sublimation
noun词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'raise to a higher status'）： from Latin sublimat- 'raised up', from the verb sublimare.