ambivalence

1. ADJ-GRADED 摇摆不定的；犹豫不决的
   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.
   1. She remained ambivalent about her marriage...
      她对于自己的婚事仍然拿不定主意。
   2. He maintained an ambivalent attitude to the Church throughout his long life.
      在他漫长的一生中，他对基督教信仰始终是一种摇摆不定的态度。

1. And their ambivalence is never far away.
   他们的矛盾心情从来没有远离过他们。
2. Reversing classic stories 'narrative is a humorous approach for them to resolve this ambivalence, said Professor Zhang.
   张颐武教授表示：倒写经典名著是他们排解矛盾心理的一种幽默方式。
3. I raise this point, I begin with this point because in many countries there is a deep ambivalence about military action today, no matter what the cause.
   我说起这一点，我以这一点开头，因为今天在许多国家，对军事行动，不管出于什么理由，都存在一种深深的矛盾心理。
4. However, a promising job and the opportunities that a metropolis have to offer leave Chen and many other young white-collar workers in a state of ambivalence.
   然而，一个有前途的工作以及大都市所提供的大量机会让陈霓和其他许多年轻白领处在一种矛盾状态中。
5. Though Eslite's expansion has garnered buzz, some cultural critics are greeting the chain with ambivalence.
   虽然诚品书店在香港的扩张引发了阵阵热潮，但是一些文化批评人士在对它表示欢迎的同时也有一些矛盾心理。
6. Attitudinal ambivalence refers to the extent to which individuals'attitudes toward an attitude object include both positive and negative evaluations.
   态度双歧性是指态度同时具有正向与负向评价的程度。
7. The scene neatly captured their own late '60s ambivalence toward the ever more synthetic landscape of their times.
   这个场景巧妙地抓住了他们对60年代末这个时代更多人造景观的矛盾心理。
8. My romanticism carried me away and the most insidious feeling of ambivalence enveloped me.
   我沉浸在浪漫的幻想中，一种爱恨交加的情感包围着我。
9. But Congressional equivocation also reflects Congressional ambivalence.
   但是国会的模棱两可也反映了国会的矛盾心理。
10. Many people feel some ambivalence towards television and its effect on our lives.
    很多人以矛盾的态度对待电视及其对生活的影响。
11. It is concluded that using the strategies of pragmatic ambiguity and pragmatic ambivalence enables the whole communicative process in a flexible and effective way.
    语用歧义与语用模糊是语言运用过程中产生的一种不可避免的语言现象。
12. He understood the public's ambivalence, shown by every poll.
    他了解每次民意测验反映出来的公众的矛盾心理。
13. This article attempts to study Pragmatic Ambivalence ( hereafter PA) from a cognitive& communicative perspective.
    本文从认知交际视角对语用模糊现象作了探讨。
14. The film, at least in the first instalment, glosses over such ambivalence.
    至少在第一部中，影片掩盖了这种矛盾心理。
15. Because their ambivalence is contagious.
    因为他们的陋习是会传染的。
16. On Pragmatic Ambivalence in a Dream of Red Mansions
    《红楼梦》对话的语用模糊现象研究
17. The car also has a curious ambivalence: it creates and then it destroys mobility.
    汽车还具有难以理解的自相矛盾：它创造出机动性，然后又自身予以破坏。
18. They brought a sense of ambivalence, of being caught between please and embarrassment.
    它们带给人一种介于喜悦与尴尬之间的矛盾感觉。
19. At this point you might feel some ambivalence about what you want to do.
    在这一点上你或许对将要做什么感觉矛盾。
20. Her ambivalence towards marriage prevented her from making the commitment that he so desperately sought.
    她对婚姻的矛盾心理阻止了她作出他极其渴望得到的承诺。
21. Behind this lies the deeper ambivalence about Washington's role.
    这一切的背后，是关于美国政府角色的更深层矛盾心理。
22. That kind of ambivalence is felt more easily within a family in the Western camp.
    在一个家族内部西方阵营那种爱恨交加的情绪则更容易感受到。
23. Showing ambivalence to traditional Christian ideas.
    对传统的基督教观念表现得摇摆不定。
24. And, as Freud's Law of Ambivalence stated, human beings are so complicated that they can love and hate the same object at the same time.
    此外，正如弗洛伊德（Freud）的情感矛盾定律所说，人类非常复杂，他们可以同时对同一个事物又爱又恨。
25. Emotional Expression and Ambivalence over Emotional Expression in Martial Relationship
    婚姻关系中的情绪表达和情绪表达冲突
26. This installation is exploring the ambivalence in the perception of human interaction.
    这个装置探索的是人们如何看待人类相互交流的矛盾心理。
27. But there is a lot of ambivalence in China about learning from the US.
    但对于接受美国的建议，中国的矛盾心理很重。
28. But the European effort was beset by ambivalence at its core.
    但是欧洲的这种努力从根本上说是充满了矛盾。
29. The only possible explanation for this is ambivalence at the highest level.
    这种情形唯一可能的解释是最高层次上的矛盾思维。

noun

1. mixed feelings or emotions

   Synonym:    ambivalency