英:[æmˈbɪvələnt]
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英:[æmˈbɪvələnt]
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am·biv·a·lent
aem bI v lnt
ambivalently (adv.)
词根:ambivalent
n.ambivalence [心理] 矛盾情绪;正反感情并存
Adjective
1. characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes;
"she felt ambivalent about his proposal"
"an ambivalent position on rent control"
2. uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow;
"was ambivalent about having children"
"对某事物同时存在矛盾的情感或想法",1916年,最初是心理学术语; 是从 ambivalence 中反推出来的。1929年开始普遍使用。
矛盾心理的,矛盾情绪的
borrowed from German, from ambi- ambi- + -valent, in äquivalent equivalent Note: The German term was introduced, along with Ambivalenz ambivalence, by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939) in "Zur Theorie des schizophrenen Negativismus," Psychiatrisch-Neurologische Wochenschrift, Band 12, Nr. 18 (July 30, 1910), p. 171.
The first known use of ambivalent was in 1912
1 Even more ambivalent is this mirror-symmetric ambigram of love and hate.
镜面对称所产生的关于爱与恨的双面效应就更让人觉得迷糊了。
2 The surface emotions are intense and authentic, the subtext below ambivalent, uncertain.
3 The film’s graphic and morally ambivalent portrayal of the violent outlaws divided critics.
4 As the sun went down, she turned the set into an EDM party, leaving the more ambivalent audience members to stand bemused as she exhorted them to "Declare independence!"
5 Gatsby is a book that is, in some ways, ambivalent about glamour and wealth.
6 In the third, he’s borrowing her credit card — ambivalently lent — to buy Bitcoin.
7 Being a parent means making choices – including choices about the things you yourself are often ambivalent and conflicted about.
8 Other songs venture into trickier, more ambivalent territory.
9 It is emerging, ambivalently, from the Tampa punk underground, although its music is closer to the brooding, surging, crooning post-punk of the Smiths.
10 Maybe it was karmic when, after college, I had my heart broken by someone who was ambivalent about me and who believed the ambivalence was mutual.
11 Even the greasiest-palmed places are in fact ambivalent about corruption.
实际上,即使是最富得流油的地方也对腐败存有矛盾。
12 The word “ambivalent” doesn’t really exist in my vocabulary, but there is no other word to describe my feelings for August.
13 For the group’s trademark slacker jam, there’s “Going Nowhere Fast”, which pairs a guitar with the force of an industrial saw and Ramone’s nasal, ambivalent drawl.
14 I was ambivalent about this: would you fly a plane to kill all those people because you thought you were going to save even more?
15 The event, part of the PEN World Voices Festival and billed as an evening of “Prayer and Meditation,” came off as an ambivalent preamble to the National Day of Prayer, on Thursday, held since 1775.
16 Bridget is ambivalent about having given up the practice of law for motherhood; Mark works punishingly long hours as a web designer; and Julie’s just a cute kid.
17 In most of western Europe, feelings are more ambivalent.
大多数西欧国家的感受则更为矛盾。
18 But maybe you're more like me, someone who could at best be described as "turkey ambivalent."
19 In other words, though the play is ambivalent about his responsibility as a writer, as a man he has to face what he has done.
20 After a cold, gray Northeastern winter, piles of the lipstick-red stalks at the farmers’ market practically glow, tempting even ambivalent cooks to scoop them right up.
2 两性人
6 暧昧
mysterious vague shady ambiguous dubious left-handed indefinable oracular sibylline darkness ambiguity opacity ambivalence vagueness laxity
8 矛盾情绪