2012_04_08 Apotropaic adj. 為了避邪。

Word of the Day for Sunday, April  8, 2012
apotropaic \ap-uh-truh-PEY-ik\, adjective:
Intended to ward off evil.
Ritualistic behaviour used as an apotropaic to ward off private demons, yes. Except to Raymond there's danger everywhere.
 -- Leonore Fleischer, Rain Man
In an older kind of fairy story, the magic of the flowers would be potent but unspecified, vaguely apotropaic.
 -- Anthony Burgess, J.G. Ballard, "Introduction," The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard
Apotropaic came into common usage in the 1880s. It comes from the Greek word apotrópai meaning "averting evil."
apotropaic\ AP-UH-truh沛-IK\，形容詞：

為了避邪。

抵擋私人惡魔，是作為一個apotropaic儀式行為。除非雷蒙德有危險無處不在。
- Leonore弗萊舍，雨人

在舊​​樣的童話故事，神奇的花朵將是有力的，但非特指，隱約apotropaic的。
- 伯吉斯，J.G.巴拉德，“導言，”最好的JG短篇小說巴拉德

apotropaic開始普遍使用，在19世紀80年代。它有“。避免惡”從希臘字apotrópai的意義

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