subliminal

adjective
🔊/ˌsʌbˈlɪmɪnl/
🔊/ˌsʌbˈlɪmɪnl/
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  1. affecting your mind even though you are not aware of it下意识的;潜意识的
    • There are strict laws against subliminal advertising.有禁止潜意识广告的严格法律。
    • Rumours of a subliminal message in the song have never been proved.这首歌中有一个潜意识信息的谣言从未得到证实。
    • The effects on the observer can be subliminal.对观察者的影响可能是潜意识的。
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    Oxford Collocations DictionarySubliminal is used with these nouns:
    • message
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from sub- ‘below’ + Latin limen, limin- ‘threshold’ + -al.