ambivalence

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美

n.  矛盾心理

复数：ambivalences　

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BNC.12403 / COCA.9873

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 摇摆不定的；犹豫不决的
  If you say that someone isambivalent aboutsomething, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
  1. She remained ambivalent about her marriage...
     她对于自己的婚事仍然拿不定主意。
  2. He maintained an ambivalent attitude to the Church throughout his long life.
     在他漫长的一生中，他对基督教信仰始终是一种摇摆不定的态度。

英英释义

noun

• mixed feelings or emotions
  Synonym:ambivalency

双语例句

• The car also has a curious ambivalence: it creates and then it destroys mobility.
  汽车还具有难以理解的自相矛盾：它创造出机动性，然后又自身予以破坏。
• The scene neatly captured their own late '60s ambivalence toward the ever more synthetic landscape of their times.
  这个场景巧妙地抓住了他们对60年代末这个时代更多人造景观的矛盾心理。
• I raise this point, I begin with this point because in many countries there is a deep ambivalence about military action today, no matter what the cause.
  我说起这一点，我以这一点开头，因为今天在许多国家，对军事行动，不管出于什么理由，都存在一种深深的矛盾心理。
• Though Eslite's expansion has garnered buzz, some cultural critics are greeting the chain with ambivalence.
  虽然诚品书店在香港的扩张引发了阵阵热潮，但是一些文化批评人士在对它表示欢迎的同时也有一些矛盾心理。
• But there is a lot of ambivalence in China about learning from the US.
  但对于接受美国的建议，中国的矛盾心理很重。
• My romanticism carried me away and the most insidious feeling of ambivalence enveloped me.
  我沉浸在浪漫的幻想中，一种爱恨交加的情感包围着我。
• Her ambivalence towards marriage prevented her from making the commitment that he so desperately sought.
  她对婚姻的矛盾心理阻止了她作出他极其渴望得到的承诺。
• This installation is exploring the ambivalence in the perception of human interaction.
  这个装置探索的是人们如何看待人类相互交流的矛盾心理。
• The only possible explanation for this is ambivalence at the highest level.
  这种情形唯一可能的解释是最高层次上的矛盾思维。
• However, a promising job and the opportunities that a metropolis have to offer leave Chen and many other young white-collar workers in a state of ambivalence.
  然而，一个有前途的工作以及大都市所提供的大量机会让陈霓和其他许多年轻白领处在一种矛盾状态中。