| 单词 | psychological moment |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspsychological moment psychological moment n. [originally after French moment psychologique: see etymological note] (a) the moment at which something will or would have the greatest psychological effect; the psychologically appropriate moment; the critical moment, ‘the nick of time’; (b) Psychology the (very short) period of time the mind takes to integrate and process successive stimuli and perceive them as a whole. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [noun] > critical or decisive moment articlea1398 prick?c1422 crise?1541 push1563 in the nick1565 jump1598 concurrence1605 cardo1609 (the) nick of time (also occasionally opportunity, etc.)1610 edgea1616 climacterical1628 climacteric1633 in the nick-time1650 moment1666 turning-point1836 watershed1854 psychological moment1871 psychical moment1888 moment of truth1932 crunch1939 cruncher1947 high noon1955 break point1959 defining moment1967 midnight1976 1871 tr. F. Sarcey Siege of Paris x. 243 The phrase became current and even fashionable. One used to say ‘I feel hungry; it is the psychological moment [Fr. le moment psychologique] for sitting down to table’. 1875 Warren (Pa.) Ledger 15 July When the patience and the nerves of the delegates began to give way, the ‘psychological moment’ would come. 1901 Scotsman 17 Mar. 7/5 This was the psychological moment of the whole operations and..De Wet took advantage of it. 1944 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 57 309 It is probably this temporal order of psychological moments which in part gives rise to the various perceptions of time. 1990 R. A. Block Cognitive Models Psychol. Time i. 5 At present, no research unambiguously reveals the existence of a central, neural pacemaker that may underline the concept of a psychological moment or time quantum. 1993 Amer. Q. 45 548 The salesman suggested and smiled, entreated and commanded—all the time waiting for ‘the psychological moment’ to close his sale. < as lemmas |
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