[mass noun]the induction of a state of consciousness in which a person apparently loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion or direction. Its use in therapy, typically to recover suppressed memories or to allow modification of behaviour by suggestion, has been revived but is still controversial 催眠 ■this state of consciousness 催眠状态
语源
late 19th cent.: from Greek hupnos 'sleep' + -osis