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Working on your mind below the level where you notice it. A subliminal message is one your eyes or ears take in without your conscious mind catching it — a picture flashed too fast to see properly, a word hidden under music.
Working on your mind below the level where you notice it在你的心智上運作，卻在你意識得到的層次之下 A subliminal message is one your eyes or ears take in without your conscious mind catching it一則subliminal message（潛意識訊息）是你的眼睛或耳朵接收到了，但你的意識完全沒察覺的東西 a picture flashed too fast to see properly一張閃得太快來不及看清楚的圖片 a word hidden under music一句藏在音樂底下的話
The idea became famous through advertising scare stories in the 1950s about single frames spliced into films, and the word still carries that slightly suspicious, manipulative smell: people say 'subliminal advertising', 'subliminal messages'.
The idea became famous through advertising scare stories in the 1950s about single frames spliced into films這個概念在1950年代因為廣告界的恐慌傳言而出名——傳說有人把單一畫格剪接進電影裡 and the word still carries that slightly suspicious, manipulative smell這個字至今仍帶著那種有點可疑、操弄人心的味道 people say 'subliminal advertising', 'subliminal messages'大家會說'subliminal advertising'（潛意識廣告）、'subliminal messages'（潛意識訊息）
In looser everyday use it just means 'not fully conscious' — 'there was a subliminal hint of criticism in her voice' — meaning you felt it before you could say what it was.
In looser everyday use it just means 'not fully conscious'在比較鬆散的日常用法裡，它就只是指'不完全是意識得到的' 'there was a subliminal hint of criticism in her voice''there was a subliminal hint of criticism in her voice'（她的語氣裡帶著一絲隱隱約約的批評） meaning you felt it before you could say what it was意思是你先感覺到了，卻還說不出那是什麼
It is an adjective and normally sits before the noun; the adverb is 'subliminally'. Note that this is not the same as 'unconscious' in the Freudian sense; subliminal is about the signal being too weak or too fast to register, not about deep hidden parts of the mind.
It is an adjective and normally sits before the noun這是個形容詞，通常放在名詞前面 the adverb is 'subliminally'副詞是'subliminally' Note that this is not the same as 'unconscious' in the Freudian sense要注意，這跟佛洛伊德意義上的'unconscious'（潛意識）不是同一回事 subliminal is about the signal being too weak or too fast to registersubliminal講的是訊號太弱或太快、來不及被察覺 not about deep hidden parts of the mind不是指心智深處那些隱藏的部分
組成sub- 'below' + limen 'threshold, doorstep' (Latin) + -al, the ending that makes an adjective. Literally 'below the threshold' — the doorway of awareness. English borrowed the whole idea from German unterschwellig, which means exactly the same thing piece for piece.
同家族的字
- eliminatesame Latin limen 'threshold' — originally to put out of doors
- subwaysame sub- 'below'
- preliminarysame limen — what happens before you cross the threshold
原始詞典資料7 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。
subliminaladj[ˌsʌbˈlɪm.ɪ.nl̩]
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medicinephysiologysciencesOf a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also (generally), below the threshold where a response can be produced.
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human-sciencespsychologysciencesWithout directed awareness or thought; subconscious (dated), unconscious.
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Of an advertisement, a message, etc.: conveyed in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it.
subliminalnoun[ˌsʌbˈlɪm.ɪ.nl̩]
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medicinephysiologysciencesChiefly preceded by the: something which is below the limen or threshold of conscious perception.
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human-sciencespsychologysciencesChiefly preceded by the: the subconscious (dated) or unconscious self.
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An advertisement, a message, etc., which is conveyed in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it.
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An audio or video recording, often consisting of ambient music or white noise with hidden affirmations, intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener through repetition.
- She spent all night listening to a subliminal to change her eye color.
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。