1590s, "raise to a high place," back-formation from sublimation or else from Medieval Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare "to lift up." The word was used in English from 1560s as a past participle adjective meaning "purified, refined by sublimation." Chemical/alchemical sense of "heat a solid into vapor and allow it to cool again" as a way of extracting a pure substance from dross is from c. 1600. Related: Sublimated; sublimating. As a noun from 1620s.
双语例句
1. He could try to sublimate the problem by writing, in detail, about it.
他可以努力通过详细记述该问题而使其受到人们的正视。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Her sublimate future husband will be tall, dark, and handsome.
她理想化的未来丈夫将是身材高大，皮肤浅黑，相貌英俊。
来自辞典例句
3. We have to somehow sublimate those male hormones, or at least get them under control. "
我们需要以某种方式使这种荷尔蒙升华或者至少把它们控制起来. ”
来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
4. A special method was used to sublimate the material.
一个特殊的方法被用来纯化这种物质.
来自互联网
5. Design, let the sense of vision dulcify, let the brand sublimate!