1590s, "raise to a high place," back-formation from sublimation or else from Medieval Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare "to lift up." The word was used in English from 1560s as a past participle adjective meaning "purified, refined by sublimation." Chemical/alchemical sense of "heat a solid into vapor and allow it to cool again" as a way of extracting a pure substance from dross is from c. 1600. Related: Sublimated; sublimating. As a noun from 1620s.
雙語例句
1. He could try to sublimate the problem by writing, in detail, about it.
他可以努力通過詳細記述該問題而使其受到人們的正視。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Her sublimate future husband will be tall, dark, and handsome.
她理想化的未來丈夫?qū)⑹巧聿母叽螅つw淺黑，相貌英俊。
來自辭典例句
3. We have to somehow sublimate those male hormones, or at least get them under control. "
我們需要以某種方式使這種荷爾蒙升華或者至少把它們控制起來. ”
來自英漢文學(xué) - 廊橋遺夢
4. A special method was used to sublimate the material.
一個特殊的方法被用來純化這種物質(zhì).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Design, let the sense of vision dulcify, let the brand sublimate!