| 词汇 | demythologize |
| 释义 | demythologize verb[ T ] (UK usuallydemythologise)uk /ˌdiː.mɪˈθɒl.ə.dʒaɪz/ us /ˌdiː.mɪˈθɑː.lə.dʒaɪz/ to provide an explanation of something, or to present something, in a way that removes any mystery surrounding it揭开…的神秘面纱，拨开…的迷雾 Opposite mythologizemainly US Defining & explaining account (to someone) for something accountability adumbrate adumbration annotation annotator belabour excuse extenuate indefinably indescribably inexpressibly justificatory lay something out outline sketch spell trace walk through something what is he, are they, etc. like?idiom Examples of demythologizedemythologize His "understanding of the language, psychology, and sociopathology of 'racial' antisemitism" may be seen in the way he demythologizes characters. Is it not necessary to adopt criteria for trueness to demythologize potentially violent and destructive experiences of the past? At this point, the enterprise of demythologizing language - promoting social action though applied integrational linguistics (if indeed one can separate theory from applications) - remains underdeveloped. It could be resolved by recognizing that scientific materialism represents changed mythologies and different forms of enchantment, characteristic of modernity, rather than demythologizing and disenchantment as such. In this case it becomes an embodied sound, identified with an image, demythologized, classified. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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