epiphany

参见：Epiphany

英语

词源

源自中古英语 epiphanie，源自古法语 epyphanie，源自晚期拉丁语 epiphania，源自古希腊语 ἐπιφάνεια (epipháneia, “展示，突现”)，源自ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaínō, “出现，展示”)，源自ἐπί (epí, “之上”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “发光；出现”)。英语中Epiphany（基督教用法）自14世纪起有使用，一般用法出现于17世纪。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ɪˈpɪf.ə.ni/, /ɪˈpɪf.ni/, /ɛˈpɪf.ə.ni/

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名词

epiphany (复数 epiphanies)

1. 灵光乍现，顿悟

   近义词：aha moment、enlightenment、nirvana、satori

   It came to her in an epiphany what her life's work was to be.

   她一下子想明白了她这一生要做什么。

   • 1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, 出版于 2009:

     Instead of examining institutions and classes, structures of economic production and social control, one had to think about “moments”—moments of love, hate, poetry, frustration, action, surrender, delight, humiliation, justice, cruelty, resignation, surprise, disgust, resentment, self-loathing, pity, fury, peace of mind—those tiny epiphanies, Lefebvre said, in which the absolute possibilities and temporal limits of anyone's existence were revealed.

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   • 2013, Chris Hadfield, 章号 11, 出自 An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:

     But after spending most of my pocket money to get those developed, I had an epiphany: I was never going to be a professional photographer. My pictures were god-awful. I put the camera away.

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2. （神仙，超人等）降临，下凡，登场，显现

   近义词：theophany

3. (基督教) Epiphany的大小写替代形式。

相关词汇

• (基督教节日)： Epiphany

参见

• Advent
• Christmas
• eureka
• Twelve Days of Christmas

延伸阅读

• epiphany (feeling)在英语维基百科上的资料。维基百科 ^en
• epiphany (disambiguation)在英语维基百科上的资料。维基百科 ^en