| 释义 |
decondition, v.|diːkənˈdɪʃən|
[f. de- II. 1 + condition v. 9.]
trans. To reverse or remove the conditioned reflexes of (someone); to undo the results of conditioning in (a person); (in quot. 1940, to lower the charged condition of). So deconˈditioned ppl. a., deconˈditioning vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1940Physical Rev. 1 Dec. 993 The reapplication of potential showed that the tube had become partially deconditioned. Ibid., The deconditioning of the tube was not due to any leak. 1941Spectator 5 Sept. 232/1 Experiments in what is described as ‘de-conditioning’. The idea is to reproduce warlike sounds and disturbing noises until the patients regain their normal reactions. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Mar. 181/3 Man is a transient being, subject to time, from which all his other ‘conditionings’ ensue. The need to ‘decondition’ man is..acknowledged in the Christian rite of baptism in which ‘the world, the flesh and the devil’ are abjured. 1960Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. xi. 264 Zen started as a de-conditioning cure and ended up as a different type of conditioning. |