enlightenment
/ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt/noun
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- mass noun the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened启迪, 启发; 教导; 开明：
Robbie looked to me for enlightenment.
罗比指望我给他指点一下。
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- the action or state of attaining or having attained spiritual knowledge or insight, in particular (in Buddhism) that awareness which frees a person from the cycle of rebirth觉悟; （尤指佛教的）般若, 智慧。
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the Enlightenment
a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.启蒙运动（17世纪晚期和18世纪欧洲的一场知识分子运动, 强调理性和个人主义, 而非传统; 这场运动深受笛卡儿、洛克、牛顿等17世纪哲学家的影响, 主要的倡导者有康德、歌德、伏尔泰、卢梭和亚当·斯密）。