The noun for what happens when someone sublimates: the turning of a desire one cannot act on — classically a sexual one — into work, art, sport, or some other thing society accepts. It names both the process and the general idea.

The noun for what happens when someone sublimates指的是某人「昇華」時發生的事的名詞：the turning of a desire one cannot act on把一股無法付諸行動的慾望——classically a sexual one傳統上是指性方面的慾望——into work, art, sport, or some other thing society accepts轉化成工作、藝術、運動，或其他社會能接受的事物。It names both the process and the general idea它同時指這個過程，也指這個概念本身。

'Freud saw art as a kind of sublimation.' You meet it mostly in psychology, criticism, and serious essays; it is not a word people use over dinner. As with the verb, everyday use has loosened it to cover any strong feeling redirected into something useful.

'Freud saw art as a kind of sublimation.'「佛洛伊德把藝術看作一種昇華。」You meet it mostly你會主要在in psychology, criticism, and serious essays心理學、評論和嚴肅的文章裡遇到它；it is not a word people use over dinner不是餐桌上會用的字。As with the verb跟動詞的情況一樣，everyday use日常用法has loosened it to cover any strong feeling redirected into something useful已經放寬到泛指任何被轉化成有用之物的強烈情緒。

The same noun also does duty in chemistry and physics for a solid going straight to gas without melting — that is the sense a Taiwanese student is likeliest to have met first, in a science class. In recent years it also names a printing method, 'dye sublimation', used for putting pictures on mugs and shirts, so you may see it on shopping sites with no psychological meaning at all.

The same noun同一個名詞also does duty in chemistry and physics也用在理化裡for a solid going straight to gas without melting指固體不經液化直接變成氣體——that is the sense a Taiwanese student is likeliest to have met first這大概是台灣學生最早接觸到的意思，in a science class在理化課上。In recent years近年來it also names a printing method它也指一種印刷方式，'dye sublimation'「熱昇華印刷」，used for putting pictures on mugs and shirts用來把圖案印在馬克杯和衣服上，so所以you may see it on shopping sites with no psychological meaning at all你可能在購物網站上看到這個字，跟心理學完全無關。

It is uncountable in most uses, though writers do say 'a sublimation of' something.

It is它is uncountable in most uses在大多數用法裡是不可數名詞，though writers do say不過作家有時也會說'a sublimation of'「一次...的昇華」something某個東西。