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ambivalence

/am-biv-uh-luhns/US // æmˈbɪv ə ləns //UK // (æmˈbɪvələns) //

矛盾性,矛盾心理,矛盾,矛盾冲突

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
    • : Psychology. the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions.

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Examples

  • One is that besides the workers and businesses that serve the industry, there’s a certain ambivalence among residents about the Convention Center and the tourism sector as a whole.

  • The FDA approved LYMErix in 1998, but with a great deal of ambivalence.

  • As years have passed, my desire for a family has only grown, but hers has diminished while her ambivalence increased.

  • She has expressed much ambivalence over the years but never officially ruled it out.

  • Despite a nice conversation, “there is a little bit of ambivalence or apathy after the initial date,” Shiri said, unable to pinpoint the reasons.

  • But there is much ambivalence between her bright colors and sharp lines.

  • The ambivalence is reflected in U.S. policy, which often has served to complicate aid delivery in conflict zones.

  • A strong note of ambivalence is also present in the conflict over love and duty between Gromov and his wife.

  • All parties display ambivalence, all the characters lie to themselves, everyone has someone else they blame.

  • The see-sawing ambivalence neatly reflects how badly and misguidedly politicians and political parties approach women.

  • But now also the psychological fatality of ambivalence demands its rights.

  • Once again he was conscious of a strange ambivalence in his attitude.

  • With the decline of this ambivalence the taboo, as the compromise symptom of the ambivalent conflict, also slowly disappeared.

  • He remembers this leading to an intense relationship that he looks back upon with a disturbing ambivalence.