熏陶

• 拼音: xūn táo
• 汉字拆解: 熏 = 黑 + 火 (black + fire — smoke permeating); 陶 = 阜 + 匋 (mound + pottery vessel — shaping clay into form)

含义

To influence gradually through environment; to be steeped in a culture or tradition. The gradual shaping of character or sensibility through sustained exposure to an enriching environment.

Carries a decidedly positive connotation — implies cultivation through sustained immersion in culture, art, or an enriching environment. Frequently used in educational, artistic, and family contexts to describe how a person's values, tastes, or talents develop. The metaphor is of smoke slowly permeating and transforming — gradual, deep, and lasting.

例句

1. 她从小在书香门第中长大，受到浓厚文学氛围的熏陶，养成了广泛阅读与独立思考的良好习惯。
2. 长期在音乐大家庭中耳濡目染、受到熏陶，使他在年幼时便展露出了超乎同龄人的音乐天赋与审美敏感度。
3. 高校教育的重要价值不仅在于传授专业知识，更在于通过校园文化与学术氛围的熏陶，培养学生的人文素养与批判性思维。

用法指南

语境: education, culture, arts, family upbringing

语气: positive

正确说法

• 这位钢琴家自幼在父母的熏陶下接触古典音乐，十岁时便能完整演奏肖邦的练习曲，展现出非凡的音乐天赋。(This pianist was exposed to classical music from an early age through the influence of his parents, and by the age of ten was able to perform Chopin's études in their entirety, demonstrating extraordinary musical talent.)
• 传统书院教育注重通过长期的文化熏陶与人格修炼，而非单纯的知识灌输，来培养具有深厚人文底蕴的君子人格。(Traditional academy education emphasised cultivating a gentlemanly character with deep humanistic grounding through long-term cultural immersion and moral cultivation, rather than mere knowledge transmission.)

错误说法

• 我被电视广告熏陶了 — 熏陶 is reserved for sustained positive cultural or educational influences; for being influenced by advertising use 被广告影响 or 受到广告的引导; using 熏陶 for commercial influence sounds ironic unless that tone is intended

起源与历史

熏 (smoke/permeate) + 陶 (mould/shape pottery) — as smoke permeates and as a potter shapes clay, one's character is gradually shaped by one's environment

文化背景

时代: Traditional/Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Educated class