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Disenchantment is the feeling, or the slow change, of no longer believing that someone or something is as good as you once thought. After the third broken promise, their disenchantment with the club was obvious. It names the cooling itself, not only the person who feels it.
Disenchantment幻滅 is是 the feeling, or the slow change,一種感覺、或一種慢慢的轉變 of no longer believing不再相信 that someone or something某人或某事 is as good as you once thought如你曾經以為的那麼好。After the third broken promise在第三次被放鴿子之後, their disenchantment with the club他們對球隊的幻滅 was obvious顯而易見。It names這個詞指的是 the cooling itself變冷淡這件事本身, not only不只是 the person who feels it感受到它的人。
Though actually, in university social science the same English word is also used for a bigger idea: Max Weber’s picture of the modern world losing its magic, where people explain things by rules and machines instead of by spirits and wonder. In that specialist sense it is a calque of German Entzauberung.
Though actually不過, in university social science在大學社會科學裡 the same English word同一個英文字 is also used也用來 for a bigger idea指一個更大的概念: Max Weber’s picture韋伯所說的畫面 of the modern world losing its magic現代世界失去魔力, where people explain things by rules and machines人們用規則和機器來解釋事情 instead of by spirits and wonder而不是用神靈和驚奇。In that specialist sense在那個專業意義上, it is它是 a calque of German Entzauberung德文Entzauberung的仿譯詞。
You do not need the classroom sense to use the everyday word; just know that a professor may mean something wider than “I am fed up.”
You do not need你不需要知道 the classroom sense課堂上的那個意思 to use也能用 the everyday word日常的這個詞; just know只要知道 that a professor教授說的 may mean something wider than可能比...更廣 “I am fed up.”「我受夠了」。
組成From dis- + enchantment. In the social-science sense, a calque of German Entzauberung, as used by the sociologist Max Weber.
同家族的字
- enchantmentthe wonder or the spell; disenchantment is that wonder coming off
- disenchantedthe adjective for the person who feels this
- enchantthe verb at the root of the whole family
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
disenchantmentnoun/ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt/
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The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.
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Freeing from false belief or illusions.
- Disenchantment with the religion led to a sharp fall in church attendance.
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human-sciencessciencessocial-scienceThe devaluation of religion or mysticism apparent in modern society.
- Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。