| 单词 | ambivalent |
| 释义 | ambivalent (æmbɪvələnt ) adjective If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it. She remained ambivalent about her marriage. [+ about] He maintained an ambivalent attitude to the Church throughout his long life. Synonyms: undecided, mixed, conflicting, opposed ambivalence Word forms: ambivalences variable noun I've never lied about my feelings, including my ambivalence about getting married again. [+ about/towards] Synonyms: indecision, doubt, opposition, conflict ambivalently graded adverb [ADVERB with verb] Five years ago the book was ambivalently received. Collocations: ambivalent attitude But was it really any great surprise considering our ambivalent attitude to the game? Times, Sunday Times We have an ambivalent attitude to the sun. Times, Sunday Times The film has an ambivalent attitude to oldster relationships. Times, Sunday Times He has an ambivalent attitude to fame. Times, Sunday Times A hard-boiled private eye has an ambivalent attitude towards the police. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The corporate world has ambivalent feelings about how much to encourage relationships among staff. Christianity Today But it also reaches deep into the vagaries of human behaviour; of the tension between our fascination with the exotic and our ambivalent feelings about straying too far from home. The Times Literary Supplement They gleam eerily green in the darkness, conjuring ambivalent feelings about new technologies. Times, Sunday Times Again, minus the backstory, her ambivalent feelings go unexplained. Globe and Mail The army evokes deeply ambivalent feelings: celebrated for its courage and past victories, mourned in death and sacrifice, but frequently ignored, misunderstood and at times disdained. Times, Sunday Times Many have an ambivalent relationship with the communities in which they live. Times, Sunday Times I can't tell you how gratifying that can be, when my own homeland has a rather more ambivalent relationship with me. Times, Sunday Times This highlights the fraught, ambivalent relationship between urban squatting and gentrification. The Times Literary Supplement But you have an ambivalent relationship with fame? Times, Sunday Times It traces the evolution of our strangely ambivalent relationship with the rural as it has manifested, changed, evolved and developed over almost a millennium. Times, Sunday Times For each of them, it was a deeply ambivalent moment. Times, Sunday Times And yet many are deeply ambivalent about research scientists who are trying to provide some evidence that the intervention really works as promised. Times, Sunday Times The three under review are all well worth reading, and each employs different strategies to investigate this deeply ambivalent text. The Times Literary Supplement The army evokes deeply ambivalent feelings: celebrated for its courage and past victories, mourned in death and sacrifice, but frequently ignored, misunderstood and at times disdained. Times, Sunday Times Carpenter's paintings can be seen as deeply ambivalent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a highly ambivalent portrait. Times, Sunday Times Yet her relationship with body size remains highly ambivalent. The Times Literary Supplement Her photographs of flowers are highly ambivalent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Perhaps it's not surprising that she seems somewhat ambivalent about the current youth obsession with fame. Times, Sunday Times The competition authorities have also been somewhat ambivalent. Times, Sunday Times Mock's actual record of involvement in the various elections seems somewhat ambivalent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Gair was somewhat ambivalent towards the bill, believing that while change was long overdue, certain aspects of the bill went too far. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 暧昧的 Japanese: ちゅうちょして |
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