牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - ambivalence collapse

ambivalence noun

• ADJECTIVE deep, profound She feels a profound ~ about her origins. | moral, sexual

• VERB + AMBIVALENCE feel | express, reflect, show The document expressed some ~ over the doctrine of predestination. | resolve

• PREPOSITION with ~ She viewed her daughter's education with ~. | ~ about their ~ about supporting the government | ~ in There is a sexual ~ in her public image. | ~ over his ~ over money | ~ towards/toward She felt a certain ~ towards/toward him.

新牛津英语同义词词典 - ambivalence collapse

ambivalence

noun
there is ambivalence over whether cars should be encouraged into the countryside
EQUIVOCATION , uncertainty, unsureness, doubt, indecision, inconclusiveness, irresolution, irresoluteness, hesitation, hesitancy, fluctuation, vacillation, shilly-shallying, tentativeness; conflict, contradiction, clash, confusion, dilemma, quandary; muddle, vagueness, haze, haziness, unclearness; informal iffiness; archaic equivocacy.
-opposite(s): CERTAINTY, DECISIVENESS.

词源记忆 - ambivalence collapse

ambivalence

ambivalence：矛盾情绪

发音释义：[æm'bɪvələns] n. 矛盾情绪；正反感情并存

结构分析：ambivalence = ambi（两边）+ valence（力量）→正反两个方向的力量→矛盾情绪

词源解释：ambi←拉丁语ambi（四处、周围）；valence←拉丁语valentia（力量）

同源词：value（价值），valiant（英勇的的），Valentine（瓦伦丁）、Valentia（瓦伦西亚）

衍生词：ambivalent（矛盾的）