单词 | escapist |
释义 | escapist (once / 40339 pages) n An escapist is someone who doesn't live in the real world, but dreams, wishes, and fantasizes instead. If you're an escapist, you might avoid thinking about unpleasant things by playing video games for hours. Some escapists can withdraw into their own heads, distracting themselves with daydreams. Other escapists retreat from the world into movies, television, books, games, alcohol, or even exercise. The goal for an escapist is to escape the difficulties of life and their own feelings through these diversions. Escapist and escape are rooted in the Vulgar Latin excappare, literally "leave a pursuer with only one's cape." WORD FAMILYescapist: escapists+/escape: escaped, escapee, escapes, escaping, escapism, inescapable/escapee: escapees/escapism: escapist/inescapable: inescapably USAGE EXAMPLESStranger Things isn’t just an excellent escapist drama in its own right. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) Do you find the movie escapist and do you look for that in the movies? New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) It’s a film that re-enacts, with rare originality, a classic role for the movie medium—escapist entertainment in troubled times. Wall Street Journal(Dec 08, 2016) n a person who escapes into a world of fantasy Syn|Hyper dreamer, wishful thinker daydreamer, woolgatherer someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming |
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