psyche

名词 psyche:

1. that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
   同义词：mind, head, brain, nous
2. the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
   同义词：soul
3. (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul

1. In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
   自我在精神分析学中指有意识的最直接地控制思想和行为，与外部世界联系也最多的那部分自我
2. Is aggression an essential part of the human psyche?
   损人利己是否是人心灵的主宰?

psy.che

n.（名词）
The spirit or soul.
精神或灵魂
Psychiatry The mind functioning as the center of thought, emotion, and behavior and consciously or unconsciously adjusting or mediating the body`s responses to the social and physical environment.
【精神病学】 自我：作为思想，情感和行为中心的心灵，能有意识或无意地识调整或调解身体对社会和外界环境的反应

来源：
Latin pstchô
拉丁语 pstchô
from Greek psukhô [soul] * see bhes-
源自 希腊语 psukhô [灵魂] *参见 bhes-