cathect

• 心理学用语，指将情感或心理能量投注到某人、某物或某个观念上。

A verb used in psychology to describe the process of investing emotional or mental energy in a person, object, or idea.

1. Invest with emotional energyC2formal

   To direct or invest mental or emotional energy, especially libidinal energy, toward a person, idea, or object.

   投注情感能量

   • The patient began to cathect his therapist with intense feelings.
   • She cathected her work as a way to avoid personal relationships.
   • In psychoanalysis, individuals often cathect objects that represent their desires.

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