ambivalence

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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

• They brought a sense of ambivalence, of being caught between please and embarrassment.
  它们带给人一种介于喜悦与尴尬之间的矛盾感觉。
• 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。
• Many people feel some ambivalence towards television and its effect on our lives.
  很多人以矛盾的态度对待电视及其对生活的影响。
• 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。
• It is concluded that using the strategies of pragmatic ambiguity and pragmatic ambivalence enables the whole communicative process in a flexible and effective way.
  语用歧义与语用模糊是语言运用过程中产生的一种不可避免的语言现象。
• That kind of ambivalence is felt more easily within a family in the Western camp.
  在一个家族内部西方阵营那种爱恨交加的情绪则更容易感受到。
• 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。
• 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。
• Showing ambivalence to traditional Christian ideas.
  对传统的基督教观念表现得摇摆不定。
• But Congressional equivocation also reflects Congressional ambivalence.
  但是国会的模棱两可也反映了国会的矛盾心理。