Enlightenment
01
education or knowledge that brings understanding, insight, or awareness
例子
Reading widely can lead to personal enlightenment.
The lecture provided enlightenment on modern physics.
02
启蒙运动, 启蒙时代
a philosophical movement in the late 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and science were of more importance than tradition and religion
例子
The Enlightenment challenged traditional authority and promoted reason as the basis for understanding the world.
启蒙运动挑战了传统权威，并推动理性作为理解世界的基础。
Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and Rousseau advocated for freedom of thought and expression.
启蒙运动思想家如伏尔泰和卢梭倡导思想和言论自由。
03
(in Buddhism and Hinduism) a transcendent state of spiritual realization, liberation from the cycle of reincarnation, characterized by the cessation of desire, suffering, and individual consciousness
例子
The monk achieved enlightenment after years of meditation.
Enlightenment in Buddhism marks the end of worldly suffering.
词汇树
unenlightenment
enlightenment
enlighten
lighten
