distillation
意味: The process of extracting the essential meaning or most important aspects of something; also the purification of a liquid by heating and condensing.
Distillation in its figurative sense means reducing something complex to its purest, most concentrated form — stripping away the inessential to reveal what truly matters. It applies to ideas, arguments, experiences, and artistic works. The metaphor draws directly from the chemical process of separating pure substances from mixtures. Common collocations include 'a distillation of,' 'the purest distillation,' and 'distil something down to.'
例文
- The essay is a brilliant distillation of decades of research into a few thousand readable words. 这篇论文是将数十年研究成果精炼为数千字可读文章的杰作。El ensayo es una brillante destilación de décadas de investigación en unos pocos miles de palabras legibles.その論文は、数十年にわたる研究を数千語の読みやすい文章に凝縮した傑作である。그 논문은 수십 년간의 연구를 수천 단어의 읽기 쉬운 글로 응축한 뛰어난 작품이다.
- Her memoir reads as a distillation of the immigrant experience in post-war Britain. 她的回忆录读起来像是对战后英国移民经历的精华提炼。Sus memorias se leen como una destilación de la experiencia del inmigrante en la Gran Bretaña de posguerra.彼女の回顧録は、戦後英国における移民の経験を精髄として抽出したもののように読める。그녀의 회고록은 전후 영국에서의 이민자 경험의 정수를 추출한 것처럼 읽힌다.
- The final report represented a careful distillation of evidence gathered over eighteen months of inquiry. 最终报告是对十八个月调查所收集证据的审慎提炼。El informe final representó una cuidadosa destilación de las pruebas recopiladas a lo largo de dieciocho meses de investigación.最終報告書は、18か月に及ぶ調査で収集された証拠を丹念に精製したものであった。최종 보고서는 18개월에 걸친 조사에서 수집된 증거를 면밀하게 정제한 것이었다.
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使い方ガイド
場面: academic, literary, media
トーン: neutral
起源と歴史
From Latin distillatio (a dripping down), from distillare (to drip down, trickle), from de- (down) + stillare (to drip), from stilla (a drop). The chemical sense preceded the figurative meaning of extracting essences.
文化的背景
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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