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单词 extrovert
释义
extrovert
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nadj

An extrovert is a friendly person who enjoys talking to and being with other people. Extroverts love parties, talking on the phone, and meeting new people.
This noun has a specialized sense in psychology, and its opposite is introvert.. Psychologists sometimes kick it old school and spell it extravert. As a psychological term, it was borrowed from German extravertiert, from the prefix extra- "outside, beyond" plus Latin vertere "to turn." Thanks, Carl Jung! Its opposite is introvert, which means shy or turned inward.
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introvert / extrovert

These two personality types are opposites — introverts focus inward, into their own thoughts, and extroverts focus outward, into the world. But don't get too excited; most people are a little bit of both.

Introverts are mostly concerned with what's going on inside their own heads, so an introvert is a quiet person who likes people but doesn't feel the need to go to parties every night. In fact, nightly parties would be decidedly un-fun for an introvert. Introverts are often but not always shy. Don't be shy about reading these examples:

"He could be an introvert but was also funny, sharp, observant, and spoke with piercing accuracy." (The Guardian)

"The first original song she released was 'Here' — an ‘introvert's anthem' about feeling alienated at a house party." (BBC)

Let's have a party for the extroverts! They'll all be there. Extroverts pay more attention to what's going on around them than what is in their heads. They love to get out and about. If the phone rings, an extrovert can't wait to answer it. Ring ring! Here are some examples:

"They tend to be extroverts and love getting attention from others." (Salon)

"The archetypal extrovert prefers action to contemplation, risk- taking to heed-taking, certainty to doubt." (Forbes)

Though different, introverts and extroverts hang out all the time, even in these bits from the news:

"Extroverts who promote themselves and introverts who keep their heads down are paid the same for jobs of the same value to the company." (New York Times)

"Introverts prefer much less stimulating environments than extroverts." (US News)

So, if we pretend we're batteries, introverts recharge alone, but extroverts get energy from other people. If you get them mixed up, remember that introverts turn inward and extroverts like external action.

WORD FAMILY
extrovert: extroversion, extroverted, extroverts+/extroversion: extroversions
USAGE EXAMPLES
There is nothing extrovert, let alone exhibitionist, about him, so I wonder if it feels exposing to reveal so much of himself and his past.
The Guardian(Nov 25, 2016)
There have been crooks and honest brokers, scholars and graduates of the school of hard knocks, introverts and extroverts.
Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016)
No. 1 was a magnificent extrovert, performing his brilliance, steamrolling his colleagues, blowing away admirers with gusts of charm.
New York Times(Nov 06, 2016)
1n (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
Syn|Ant|Hyper
extravert
introvert
(psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being
2adj being concerned with the social and physical environment
Syn
extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extroverted, extrovertive
extraversive, extroversive
directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality
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