mes.mer.ism
n.（名词）A strong or spellbinding appeal; fascination.迷人的魅力：强烈的或使人沉迷的魅力；魅力Hypnotic induction believed to involve animal magnetism.催眠引导法：认为与动物性磁力有关的人工引导催眠方法Hypnotism.催眠术
来源：After &B{Franz} Mesmer 源自 &B{弗朗兹} Mesmer
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mesmer.ic
mesmer.ically
adv.（副词）mes.merist
n.（名词）<注释>When the members of an audience sit mesmerized by a speaker,their reactions do not take the form of dancing, sleeping, or falling into convulsions.But if Franz Anton Mesmer were addressing the audience,such behavior could be expected.Mesmer, a visionary 8th-century physician,believed cures could be effected by having patients do thingssuch as sit with their feet in a fountain of magnetized waterwhile holding cables attached to magnetized trees.Mesmer then came to believe that magnetic powers resided in himself,and during highly fashionable curative sessions in Parishe caused his patients to have reactions ranging from sleeping or dancing to convulsions.These reactions were actually brought about by hypnotic powers that Mesmer was unaware he possessed.One of his pupils, named Puységur, then used the termmesmerism (first recorded in English in 802) for Mesmer`s practices. The related wordmesmerize (first recorded in English in 829), having shed its reference to the hypnotic doctor, lives on in the sense .to enthrall..当一群观众被一位演讲者深深吸引时，他们的反应方式不会是舞蹈、睡眠或哄堂大笑。但是如果换了弗兰茨·奥顿·梅斯梅尔来给这群听众作演讲的话，那么这些行为是有可能发生的。梅斯梅尔，这位8世纪眼光远大的医师，认为可以通过诸如以下方法来治疗疾病，即让病人把脚放在有磁性的水中，同时手执与磁力场相连接的电线。此后，梅斯梅尔又认为他自己体内就存在着磁力，并且他在巴黎推行他的治疗方法的过程中，他又使他的病人们作出了睡眠、舞蹈直至抽搐等各种反应。这些反应实际上是他所拥有的催眠力导致的，但他自己却不知道自己拥有这样的力量。后来，梅斯梅尔的一个叫做皮勒塞格尔的学生采用了mesmerism （在英语中始见于802年）这一字眼来给梅斯梅尔的治疗方法命名。 另一相关词汇mesmerize （在英语中始见于829年）则摒弃了与这位催眠医师的关系， 现在这个词意是.迷惑住.
