• n. 啟迪；啟蒙運(yùn)動；教化

en-, 進(jìn)入，使。light, 光。宗教用語，指靈光閃現(xiàn)，開悟，頓悟。

enlightenment (n.)

1660s, "action of enlightening," from enlighten + -ment. Used only in figurative sense, of spiritual enlightenment, etc. Attested from 1865 as a translation of German Aufkl?rung, a name for the spirit of independent thought and rationalistic system of 18c. Continental philosophers.

For the philosophes, man was not a sinner, at least not by nature; human nature -- and this argument was subversive, in fact revolutionary, in their day -- is by origin good, or at least neutral. Despite the undeniable power of man's antisocial passions, therefore, the individual may hope for improvement through his own efforts -- through education, participation in politics, activity in behalf of reform, but not through prayer. [Peter Gay, "The Enlightenment"]

1. Stella had a moment of enlightenment.

斯特拉豁然開朗。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The newspapers provided little enlightenment about the cause of the accident.

報章對事故原因并未解釋清楚。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment.

社會主義者認(rèn)為自己是啟蒙運(yùn)動的真正繼承者.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. I gained a good deal of enlightenment from him.

我從他那里獲得許多啟發(fā).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. A person with enlightenment knows the value of education.

開明的人知道教育的價值.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》