| 英语单词 | ambivalence |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [æm'bɪvələns] 美 [æm'bɪvələns] |
| 中文释义 | n.矛盾情绪;矛盾心理 |
| 英语例句 | (1) She felt a certain ambivalence towards him. (2) But lately ambivalence is turning into out-and-out royalism. (3) Their ambivalence gave us a chance to play for time and recoup. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 她对他的态度有些矛盾。 (2) 但是近来,这种矛盾的情绪逐渐转变成彻底的君权思想。 (3) 他们的矛盾心理使我们有机会拖延时间争取复原。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Someone who shows ambivalence about a person or thing has conflicting feelings. If you love your mom but find her totally embarrassing, you might feel ambivalent about having her give a presentation at your school. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Originally a psychological term, ambivalence was borrowed from the German word Ambivalenz, coined in 1910 by the Swiss psychologist Eugen Bleuler. The German word was formed from the Latin prefix ambi- "in two ways" plus Latin valentia "vigor, strength." |
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