Enlightenment

• n. 启迪；启蒙运动；教化

en-, 进入，使。light, 光。宗教用语，指灵光闪现，开悟，顿悟。

1. education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

2. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

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 Aufklärung, 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"]

Such actions to seek knowledge and to understand what information we already knew were captured by the Latin phrase "sapere aude" or "dare to know", after Immanuel Kant used it in his essay An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?

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

报章对事故原因并未解释清楚。

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spiritual enlightenment

心灵启迪

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Stella had a moment of enlightenment.

斯特拉豁然开朗。

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...a sense of deep peace and spiritual enlightenment.

深深的平和感和精神觉悟

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Enlightenment is an absolute necessity.

开悟绝对必需.

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So while they don't have enlightenment, they also miss out lot of fun.

所以一方面他们不能得到证悟, 另一方面他们也错失了很多乐趣.

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The Marx harmonious society theory indicates forward direction and has provided the important enlightenment to us.

马克思有关和谐社会的构想,为我们今天构建社会主义和谐社会指明了前进方向,提供了重要的启示.

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Enlightenment only means that your whole being is conscious: therefore no dark corners left inside you.

开悟只意味着你整个存在是有意识的: 你的内在没有留下一丝黑暗的角落.

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Junior Chemistry Teaching is the enlightenment of chemical education and basic stage.

初中化学教学是化学教育的启蒙和基础阶段.

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The fourth chapter is the enlightenment of his literary critical ideas to age.

第四部分是沈从文文学批评观念给当代批评界的启示.

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There still exist disputes on such issues as modern enlightenment and how to treat local resources.

对于“现代性启蒙”以及如何对待“本土资源”的问题上还存在着争论.

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Enlightenment resulting from such training or education.

由这类训练或教育而得到的启迪.

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The teacher's attempts at enlightenment failed ; I remained as confused as before.

老师虽尽力开导却 劳而无功 ,我仍像以前一样糊涂.

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A person with enlightenment knows the value of education.

开明的人知道教育的价值.

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His speech gave us some enlightenment.

他的发言给我们一些启迪.

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The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment.

社会主义者认为自己是启蒙运动的真正继承者.

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Ideal literary education is the unification of aesthetic and enlightenment.

理想的文学教育应该是这种广义的启蒙与审美的统一.

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Enlightenment doesn't increase your intellect anymore.

启迪不再增加你的智力.

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I gained a good deal of enlightenment from him.

我从他那里获得许多启发.

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Once the Enlightenment Being as the son of the King and Queen of Benares.

古时候,佛坨下世成为贝拿勒斯国王和王后的儿子.

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This provides gratifying experiences and enlightenment to our mass culture construction.

他的成功为我们的大众文化建设提供了可贵的经验与启示.

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There is enlightenment in a certain sense to know western philosophy again.

这对重新认识西方哲学有一定的启示.

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Rousseau and Lu Xun were the heart persons of their enlightenment time.

卢梭与鲁迅都是各自启蒙时代的中心人物之一.

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At first, this paper describes the enlightenment work when three famous editors managed this supplement.

文章首先描述了三大主编在主持《晨报副刊》编辑工作时,对启蒙工作的自觉追求.

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This will give some enlightenment.

这会提供某种启迪.

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This child needs enlightenment.

这个孩子需要启发.

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

报章对事故原因并未解释清楚。

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Stella had a moment of enlightenment.

斯特拉豁然开朗。

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