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单词 ambivalent
释义
ambivalent
adjective
uk
/æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/us
/æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/
having twoopposingfeelingsat the sametime, or beinguncertainabout how youfeel:
（心情）矛盾的；模棱两可的，含糊不定的
Ifeltvery ambivalentaboutleavinghome.要离开家了，我心里喜忧参半。
He hasfairlyambivalentfeelingstowards hisfather.他对父亲的感情很矛盾。
an ambivalentattitudetoexercise既想锻炼又怕吃苦的态度
Synonyms
ambiguous
equivocalformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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Related words

ambivalently
ambivalence
(Definition ofambivalentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ambivalent| American Dictionary

ambivalent
adjective
us
/æmˈbɪv·ə·lənt/
having twoopposingfeelingsat the sametime, or beinguncertainabout how youfeel:
Mywifelovestheopera, but I have ambivalentfeelingsabout it.

ambivalence

noun[U]us
/æmˈbɪv·ə·ləns/
(Definition ofambivalentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofambivalent

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The relationship between magnetiser and subject remained thereforeambivalent: how could it be proved that the subject was not really duping the magnetiser?
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There has been anambivalentattitude to the biological characteristics of racial hybrids apparent ever since the problem first arose.
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Additionally, the respondents expressed intense andambivalentfeelings and emotions about their personal experience of homelessness and often felt broken without hope.
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Marxism and nationalism were closely intertwined both by their contingent,ambivalentalliances and by their contingent conceptual affinities in many areas.
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The very limited amount of scholarly empirical work on this topic has producedambivalentresults.
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Yet the government's attitude toward the paramilitaries wasambivalent.
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But there were also numerous dissenting voices and the general attitude remained, all in all,ambivalent.
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She is anambivalentfigure because she is not the subject of power but its carrier (the connotations of disease are appropriate here).
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Again, the response wasambivalent, valuing regionalism on some terms but falling short in recognizing realistic paths toward that goal.
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When we do, we encounter, not two straightforward discoveries to be "read off" from these accounts, but twoambivalentmessages to be puzzled over.
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This condition was satisfied for theambivalentattachment style, selfperception, and peers' report of positive adjustment.
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Artists themselves, however, wereambivalentabout privileging ' high' art, and especially so when making and writing about music.
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As the report acknowledges, employers tend to be pre-occupied with short-term economic survival and are oftenambivalenttowards older workers.
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Critics and directors alike are having to come to terms with a veryambivalentworld.
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Part of the evidence for this alienation can be seen in theambivalentattitude towards the label 'fundamentalist ' itself.
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