英语词汇“ambivalence”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	ambivalence
释义	am·biv·a·lence \amˈbivələn(t)s, aam-\ noun also am·biv·a·len·cy \-nsē, -si\ (plural ambivalences also ambivalencies) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ambi- + valence, valency; originally formed as German ambivalenz 1. : contradictory emotional or psychological attitudes especially toward a particular person or object and often with one attitude inhibiting the expression of another < a heightened ambivalence which is expressed in behavior by alternating obedience and rebellion, followed by self-reproach — G.S.Blum > specifically : simultaneous attraction toward and repulsion from an object, person, or action < Apache ambivalence in attitude and behavior toward death — C.K.Kluckhohn > 2. a. : continual oscillation (as between one thing and its opposite) : fluctuation < Thackeray's major novels are vitiated by an ambivalence between satire and sentimentalism — J.L.Davis > b. : uncertainty as to which approach, attitude, or treatment to follow < the English film … because of a nervous ambivalence toward its subject matter … fails to produce the chuckles — John McCarten >
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