時事英語：U.S. Battles Putin by Disclosing His Next Possible Moves. With a cathartic performance, Nathan Chen exorcises four-year-old demons, the nerves went away

  時事英語：

U.S. Battles Putin by Disclosing His Next Possible Moves By Julian E. Barnes and Helene Cooper Declassified information is part of a campaign to complicate what officials say are Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine.

With a cathartic performance, Nathan Chen exorcises four-year-old demons

By Les Carpenter

February 8, 2022 at 4:46 a.m. EST

BEIJING — There was a moment in the middle of Nathan Chen’s short program, early Tuesday afternoon, when the nerves went away and the American skating star was certain he was doing something brilliant on the Capital Indoor Stadium ice.

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1a : to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration. b : to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive) 2 : to free of an evil spirit.

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nerve

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noun

plural noun: nerves

1. 1.

   a whitish fibre or bundle of fibres in the body that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs.

   "the optic nerve"

   Similar:

   nerve fibre

   axon
2. 2.

   one's steadiness and courage in a demanding situation.

   "an amazing journey which tested her nerves to the full"

cathartic︰名詞為瀉藥，形容詞指淨化的、有宣洩作用的。例句︰The woman gave on last cathartic sob.（那女人最後抽泣了一聲，總算哭個痛快。）
cathartic
(kə-thär'tĭk) 
adj.
Inducing catharsis; purgative.

n.
An agent for purging the bowels, especially a laxative.

[Late Latin catharticus, from Greek kathartikos, from kathairein, to purge. See catharsis.]

catharsis

• [kəθɑ'ːrsis]  [名]（複 -ses 〔-siz〕）[U][C]

1 《精神医学》（精神療法の）カタルシス, 浄化法, 通利療法；（感情の）浄化.

2 《美術》カタルシス, 浄化：特に悲劇などによる観客の感情の浄化.

3 （下剤による）便通, 排便.

さとり ₀ 【悟り/^▽覚り】

(1)さとること。知らなかったことを知ること。気がつくこと、感づくこと。
「―が遅い」「―の悪い男だ」
(2)〔仏〕 迷妄を去って、真理を会得すること。また、その真理。開悟。菩提。覚。
⇔ 迷い
「―を開く」「―の境地」