escapism

1 Empire is about hyperbole and excess and escapism; like the scepter Lucious passes on to Jamal, it’s a gold lion with a diamond in its teeth.

2 If there's anything the past year has shown us, it's that there's nothing like a period drama to offer the escapism we crave.

3 “J.K. Rowling, along with the escapism and the magic, she also creates stories and characters that are appealing to people who maybe feel a little disenfranchised or on the outskirts,” he told Reuters Television.

4 "My paintings are escapism," the self-taught, working-class boy says, referring to his images of nylons, cigarette holders and chic affairs.

5 It’s also in our homes, our supposed safe spaces, because it has always been in our escapism.

6 This sense of escapism and nostalgia came out strongly in your comments.

7 It’s big, all right, but most of the fun seems to have been lost in the mix — someone dialed down the romance and escapism and slid up the knob labeled “solemn tear-jerker.”

8 His job is an exercise in delicious escapism.

9 A show that was once a pulpy piece of escapism now feels rather weighty, even important.

10 One reason for the comic upsurge may be the recession: comedy as a form of escapism.

出现这种漫画性的夸张讽刺的原因之一可能是由于经济衰退：人们通过喜剧这种形式从现实中解脱出来。

11 This, they said, was the dominant escapism at the fall of society.

老人们说这是社会灭亡时用于逃避现实的主要设施.

12 While reality television may be escapism, "Survivor" highlights the pulse of socialization.

13 There’s an element of escapism to modern dating.

14 Nostalgia has become a necessary form of escapism.

15 Where singing versions of hit movies offer previously marketed and approved flavors of escapism.

16 “This is a little bit of escapism,” said Bill Abbott, president and CEO of the Crown Media Family Networks, “and that’s what television is for.”

17 In other words, a beach read offers escapism; an excellent read offers the means to escape.

18 Revolver had discovered that what the young British audiences really craved was a bit of escapism, just like most cinemagoers.

19 Yet, this requirement hardly an isolated move in a culture that endlessly polices athletes and especially Black athletes — and a culture that treats entertainment like sports and television as supposedly nothing more than escapism.

20 Maugham is often dismissed as a lightweight, but in this play he shows how even escapism could be turned into embittered social comment.

1 幻想

fancy phantom visionary delusional notional insubstantial fancied vaporous phantasmal chimerical never-never visional phantasmic whigmaleerie whigmaleery dream appearance fantasy bubble crank illusion delusion vapour conceit mirage reverie vagary phantasm unreality megrim fantasm idolum fantasize daydream pipedream

2 解闷

escape

3 消遣

recreational pleasure recreation occupation leisure distraction relaxation diversion pastime

4 空想

cloud-built translunary viewy ideal fantastic fancy romantic abstract aerial visionary unrealistic airy utopian notional romanesque quixotic phantasmal chimerical unsubstantial translunar visional phantasmic moonshiny aerially dream fantasy imagination ideology vapour maggot froth romanticism reverie phantasm ideality megrim fantasm romance daydream pipedream stargazing cloud castle

5 逃避现实

escapist escape freak-out bury head in the sand freaky

6 解脱

relieved release relief closure mercy liberation

7 逃避现实的文学

escape literature