sublimate

🇺🇸 /ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/
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verb
R

To transform or channel strong feelings, like sexual desire, into a more positive or socially acceptable form, such as creativity or ambition.

He sublimates his desire to travel into studying maps and foreign cultures.

他将旅行的愿望转化为研究地图和外国文化。

translation

v. 升华

词形变化

3rd Present sublimates
Past sublimated
Perfect sublimated
Progressive sublimating