启蒙

• 拼音: qǐ méng
• 汉字拆解: 启 = 户 + 攵 (open/enlighten); 蒙 = 艹 (grass) + 冖 (cover) + 豕 (covered/ignorant)

含义

To enlighten; to provide elementary education; to introduce basic knowledge to a child or uninitiated person. Also refers to the Enlightenment movement.

Used in two senses: (1) introducing children to foundational knowledge — 启蒙教育 (early childhood education); and (2) the intellectual Enlightenment movement of 18th-century Europe — 启蒙运动. A key term in education and philosophy.

例句

1. 这套绘本专为学龄前儿童设计，具有良好的早期启蒙教育效果。
2. 十八世纪的欧洲启蒙运动深刻改变了西方世界的政治与哲学格局。
3. 音乐启蒙对儿童审美能力和创造力的早期培养具有深远的积极意义。

用法指南

语境: education, history, philosophy

语气: reflective

正确说法

• 优质的早期启蒙教育能够有效激发儿童与生俱来的好奇心与求知欲。(High-quality early enlightenment education can effectively stimulate children's innate curiosity and thirst for knowledge.)
• 这位老师用充满趣味的方式对学生进行科学启蒙，效果卓著，深受赞誉。(This teacher enlightened students in science in an engaging way, achieving remarkable results and earning wide praise.)

错误说法

• 我启蒙了朋友如何做饭 — 启蒙 implies guiding someone out of ignorance into knowledge; use 教/教导 for ordinary skill-teaching between peers

起源与历史

启 (to open/enlighten) + 蒙 (to be ignorant/covered) — to lift the veil of ignorance

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal