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Escapism
the avoidance of reality by absorption of the mind in entertainment or in an imaginative situation, activity, etc.
Escapism, originally an Americanism, is a compound of escape and the suffix –ism, first appearing in 1933.
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Examples
1. Most of us, when we arrive at a particularly trying moment in life, begin to indulge in escapism.
我們大多數人,當我們到達一個特別艱難的時刻,在生活中,開始陷入逃避現實。
2. Not that there’s anything wrong with escapism—until escapism is all you』ve got.
並不是說逃避主義有什麼錯——直到逃避主義是你擁有的所有東西。
3. Isn't there room for a bit of escapism?
難道就不能有一點空間讓我們逃避現實嗎?
4. After a busy week at work, we all crave escapism and some "me time", and it is clear women prefer to spend theirs with girlfriends than partners.
在忙碌工作了一周後,我們都渴望逃離,擁有一些『私人專屬時間』,顯然女人們更喜歡和閨蜜而不是和另一半一起度過這些『私人專屬時間』。
5. One reason for the comic upsurge may be the recession: comedy as a form of escapism.
出現這種漫畫性的誇張諷刺的原因之一可能是由於經濟衰退:人們通過喜劇這種形式從現實中解脫出來。
6. Horoscopes are merely harmless escapism.
佔星術只是無害的、讓人逃避現實的消遣方式。
7. For John, books are a form of escapism.
對約翰來說,看書是一種消遣形式。
Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today.
不管明天會發生什麼,我們還有今天。