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单词 escapism
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escapism
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈskeɪ.pɪ.zəm/us
/ɪˈskeɪ.pɪ.zəm/
a way ofavoidinganunpleasantorboringlife,especiallybythinking,reading, etc. about moreexcitingbutimpossibleactivities:
（尤指通过幻想、阅读等达到的）逃避现实，解脱
Theseadventuremoviesarepureescapism.这些惊险电影是纯娱乐性的。
For manypeoplegoing onholidayis aformof escapism.对于很多人来说，度假是一种解脱方式。
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escapist
(Definition ofescapismfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

escapism| American Dictionary

escapism
noun[U]
us
/ɪˈskeɪˌpɪz·əm/
theactivityofavoidingrealitybyimaginingexcitingbutimpossibleactivities
(Definition ofescapismfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofescapism

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The escapist, however, has some work to show thatescapismis not only a viable solution to the problem, but the best of the alternatives.
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Unlike the first solution,escapismdoes not base moral or religious evaluation on possible but non-actual worlds, but only on the actual world.
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My discussion ofescapismhas focused on the problems of luck in constitution.
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In particular, we have argued thatescapismought to be one of the options to the traditional doctrine.
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So,escapismis not committed to the questionable claim that there is a determinate degree of control that a person has.
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Escapismmight have an undesirable side effect of its own, however.
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We shall largely ignore the biblical case that may be made forescapismas that is the task of the biblical and systematic theologian.
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Art, in this view, should exist only as a form ofescapism.
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The body ill at ease here goes together withescapism.
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Unlike the second solution,escapismdoes not restrict the basis of religious evaluation to what is under a person's control.
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The pastoral emerges as a nexus of impulses, including epicurean licence, nostalgicescapism, sentimental heroism and chivalric ritual.
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I will leave that task to others, however, and turn to the question of howescapismfares with respect to the problem of religious luck.
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One might argue that, despite the foregoing argument,escapismavoids the problem of religious luck.
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Unfortunately,escapismfails to avoid the problem of religious luck.
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Collecting can provide a sense ofescapismand a private refuge from both the wider world and the immediate domestic environment, albeit temporarily.
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