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escapist

/ih-skey-pist/US // ɪˈskeɪ pɪst //

逃避现实的人,逃避现实者,逃亡者,逃避现实主义者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who avoids reality by becoming absorbed in entertainment or fantasy:I, for one, am an escapist, so pondering whether an anime series is "looking out into the world" isn't something I concern myself with.
    • : a person who tries or manages to get out of captivity; an escape artist or escapee:In 1864, the celebrated prison escapist Hamilton tunneled his way to freedom with 60 other captured Union officers.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : avoiding reality through entertainment or fantasy, or enabling people to do so:His childhood taste for cowboy adventures and escapist films like Tarzan gave way to an admiration for realist European directors.

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Examples

  • All of TheSoul’s brands stick to light and positive content, according to Potrel, which helped provide an escapist outlet during the doom and gloom of 2020.

  • Look for more of this kind of escapist programming—from high art to treacle, feeling good will be the new Breaking Bad.

  • In this context, “Dynamite,” which I had my reservations about, feels like the perfect exclamation point when it closes out Be — a fun, vibrant future fantasy whose lyrical nonsense becomes part of the album’s determinedly escapist milieu.

  • While zoo livestreams have gained popularity as calming, escapist windows of cuteness, there are higher stakes here.

  • Their group lives in a constant limbo that would challenge any Outside reader’s escapist dreams.

  • And that makes for a meandering, challenging, non-escapist viewing.

  • Thus his love of escapist, desperately lighthearted writers like Laurence Sterne and Miguel de Cervantes.

  • Perabo says it's because female viewers want an escapist fantasy when they're working hard balancing families and careers.

  • And the theatrical world is picking up on that and again making escapist fare for the summer audience.

  • Shannon Donnelly on the genre's surprising comeback and why viewers are flocking to escapist fare.