英:[nɪəˈvɑːnə]
美:[nɪrˈvɑːnə]
英:[nɪəˈvɑːnə]
美:[nɪrˈvɑːnə]
nir·va·na
nir va n [or] nir vae n [or] nr va n [or] nr vae n
nirvanic (adj.)
noun
the final beatitude (see beatitude sense 1a) that transcends suffering, karma, and samsara and is sought especially in Buddhism through the extinction of desire and individual consciousness
a place or state of oblivion to care, pain, or external realityalso: bliss, heaven The resort is a skier's and snowboarder's nirvana.
alcohol-induced nirvana
a goal hoped for but apparently unattainable : dream
… that nirvana of the … weatherman: A foolproof system of forecasting.—Newsweek
也写作 Nirvana, Nirwana,源自1836年的佛教,指的是「佛的境界」。来自梵文 nirvana-s「个体灵魂消失在宇宙中的状态」,字面意思是「熄灭,吹熄」(不是主动性的,而是像火自然熄灭一样, [Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, "Hinduism and Buddhism," 1943]。如果用拉丁文直译,可以是 de-spiration),来自 nis-, nir-「出来」+ va-「吹」(来自原始印欧语词根 *we-「吹」)。比喻意义上的「完美的幸福」是从1895年起使用的。
涅槃
Sanskrit nirvāṇa, literally, act of extinguishing, from nis- out + vāti it blows — more at wind >entry 1
The first known use of nirvana was in 1829
1 Plus we know why – if you’re lucky – you might get a brief glimpse of nirvana.
2 Seems to me that nirvana is not nirvana unless it’s shared.
3 The key to achieving this nirvana is first to ensure that the star in question has a broad, diverse repertory that became the soundtrack to the key moments of life.
4 For some people, a state of deep focus is office nirvana. For others, perpetual distraction is an office necessity.
对一些人来说,注意力高度集中是办公室必须的,而对另一些人来说,不断地发散是办公室的必须品。
5 For my whole generation England seemed like nirvana.
6 Usually just three dancers are onstage at one time — the movement’s expansiveness fills the space — but there is a regular interchange of people, suggesting nirvana and release.
7 the spa experience was a week of pure nirvana
8 Put that corn on a plate with that Eisenhower steak and that scorched sweet potato, and you don’t just experience nirvana.
9 Devotees of Brother’s P-Touch label maker know that having one — and using it to uniformly label everything in the house — is like reaching organizational nirvana.
10 The site is nirvana for fishing enthusiasts and boaters.
11 It is one of the many jewels here that makes this box set nirvana for Nirvana fans.
12 Mom was a champion fruit piemaker – her apple was legendary, but her blueberry, cherry, and peach pies also achieved nirvana in a flawlessly flaky crust.
13 The earthly world can not live without music and dance, neither can the nirvana.
人间不克没有歌舞,极乐世界尤其少不了音乐.
14 In the comments field here, tell us the three vital elements necessary to propel a fake film pitch into box office nirvana.
15 Rooted in Nirvana is the religious life. Nirvana is its Goal. Nirvana is the end.
圣道之根在涅磐. 涅磐为其目标.涅磐是其终点.
16 Down one road lay the Hayekian nirvana of fully privatized money and the pricing of everything; down the other lay the dream of a more equal world built on comprehensive reform of the international economic system.
17 True happiness, as viewers know, is universally impossible to achieve on a reality show — a big diamond engagement ring is never the nirvana one hoped it would be.
18 While not yet in a state of nirvana, they have a degree of control and comprehension over their resources that most would envy.
虽然没有进入涅盘的一个状态中,但是他们已经实现了令大多数人羡慕的对资源控制和理解的一个程度。
19 Cord-cutters who initially found streaming to be a low-cost nirvana have seen that dream pretty much dashed as the number of streaming platforms has exploded and prices have risen.
20 I feared that maybe the perfection of the moment would be lost, and I would be the only one to have experienced nirvana.
1 寂灭
5 极乐世界
6 涅盘