ambivalent
英[æm'bɪvələnt] 美[æm'bɪvələnt]
"was ambivalent about having children"
1.摇摆不定的；犹豫不决的
If you say that someone isambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
e.g. She remainedambivalent about her marriage...
她对于自己的婚事仍然拿不定主意。
e.g. He maintained anambivalent 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。
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1. 矛盾的：其他家庭成员观察患者两种日子里的行为各有什么好处.此类作业的作用是引起对原有的退化,适应不良行为产生领悟.另外,面对冲突处境的人,如与父母情感纽带解离困难的青少年,其困惑常起于不能同时处理矛盾的(ambivalent)信息.这个作业可以帮助他们辨别自己的心理需要,
2. 矛盾：答:内心充满矛盾(ambivalent)吧. 我认为,美国没有美国人自己想的那么强大. 美国的强权在衰退中. 你看越战,美国也输了. 九一一恐怖事件的大震撼之後就更清楚,我认为美国在一九六○年代就开始衰退,很多统计数字就显示出来了.
3. 矛盾的,好恶相克的：79. Indigestible 不吸收的 | 80.ambivalent 矛盾的,好恶相克的 | 81. Subside 下沉,平息,衰减
4. 不定的：glitch 误操作 |ambivalent 不定的 | ascendant 占优势的
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。
She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job.
她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。
He has an ambivalent attitude towards her.
他对她怀着矛盾的心情。
She remained ambivalent about her marriage...
她对于自己的婚事仍然拿不定主意。
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。
The Welsh princes had always enjoyed a somewhat ambivalent relationship with their technical Norman overlords.
威尔士诸亲王对他们的诺曼主子总有一种暧昧的关系.
What worries me is that he's so placid and, almost , ambivalent while he's doing it.
我所担心的是,他太平静了, 并且当他在选择自己干的时候, 他可能会犹豫.
Many Japanese managers are ambivalent about such matters too, and they about having to do it.
许多日本经理对这样的事情也是有分歧意见的, 他们抱怨不得不这样做.
Britons ambivalent about Charles remarrying.
查尔斯王子再婚,英国人意见两极.
A deconstructive reading of the story , indicates the author's ambivalent attitude towards this binary opposition.
该作品对理性与非理性这对二元对立所包含的循规蹈矩和我行我素的对立的理解是自相矛盾的.
Bungy and I had had an ambivalent relationship over years.
我和邦迪多年来有着好恶参半的关系.
I must have acquired ambivalent attitude towards women from her.
我对妇女的矛盾态度一定是从她那里学来的.
Athletes and fans alike seem to have an ambivalent attitude to drugs.
运动员和其粉丝一样对兴奋剂的态度很是矛盾.
He remained ambivalent for a long while about actual nature of light.
他在光的实际本性问题上犹豫过很久.
Moreover, through the garden, we can learn about people's ambivalent attitudes toward nature.
甚至, 透过花园, 我们可以认识到人们对于自然的矛盾态度.
Huxley himself was ambivalent about soma pills or their equivalent.
赫胥黎自己就对“体细胞”类的药片或其替代品没有把握.
I thought we got rid of that pathologically ambivalent persist three years ago.
我本来以为三年前,我们已经摆脱那个阴晴不定的病态自恋狂了.
In Karasu the Chinese traders are also ambivalent.
卡拉苏的中国商人心情也比较复杂.
In person, his chatter is more ambivalent , thoughtful, punctured with smiles and a sense of humour.
从外在看来, 他的谈话更加矛盾复杂和具思想性, 点刺以微笑和幽默感.
ambivalent? Well, yes and no.
自相矛盾? 怎么说呢, 有点和根本没有.
There is an ambivalent feeling towards rural workers.
人们对于民工的心情是复杂的.
Although she professed fear of the Russians, she seemed to have ambivalent feelings toward Philby himself.
虽然她承认害怕俄国人, 然而她似乎对菲尔比本人有一种矛盾的感情.
Thaddeus, real love isn't ever ambivalent.
撒迪厄斯, 真爱是永远不会有矛盾的.
She remained ambivalent about her marriage.
她对于自己的婚事仍然拿不定主意。
She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job.
她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。
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。
Christianity..has always had an ambivalent attitude towards the family.
出自：B. Russell