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gestalt

/guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt/US // gəˈʃtɑlt, -ˈʃtɔlt, -ˈstɑlt, -ˈstɔlt //UK // (ɡəˈʃtælt) //

完形体,完形图,完形填空,完形

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ge·stalts, ge·stal·ten [guh-shtahl-tn, -shtawl-, -stahl-, -stawl-]. /gəˈʃtɑl tn, -ˈʃtɔl-, -ˈstɑl-, -ˈstɔl-/. Psychology.

    • : a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
    • : an instance or example of such a unified whole.

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Examples

  • In other words, I saw a mosaic, a gestalt—many pieces fusing to form a sum greater than the parts.

  • Not any specific feature of the series, but a sort of overall gestalt.

  • But on Wednesday, here was the White House to remind you that an MC is more than the gestalt of his lyrics.

  • To address the whole gestalt of the ultimate daiquiri, we need to come at this from two angles.

  • "Dreaming of you, of course," he said to the flesh-clad skeleton behind the total gestalt Judy.

  • Everett and his Telempathetic Gestalt have proved to be the equivalent of the world's largest survey sample.

  • Right now I needed a gestalt of something whose whole would be a lot greater than the sum of its parts.

  • Perls transformed the Gestalt psychologists' central idea so it would serve as a basis for his approach to psychotherapy.

  • If his action is successful, his Gestalt is closed: the problem is resolved, and the motivation is fulfilled.