ambivalent

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a. 矛盾的, 模棱两可的 [医] 矛盾情绪的

发音

UK /æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/
其它
US /æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/
AU

词形变化

more ambivalent 比较级 most ambivalent 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

矛盾的；好恶相克的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.

    矛盾

  2. 2.

    Alternately being or having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.

    His feelings toward his parents are ambivalent.

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 3

uncertain unsure incertain

词源

Back-formation from ambivalence, from German Ambivalenz, from Latin ambi- (“in two ways”) + valeō (“be strong”); equivalent to ambi- + -valent. Compare ambivert.

来源：wiktionary