ambivalent

/æm'bivәlәnt/

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📖 中文释义

  1. a. 矛盾的, 模棱两可的
  2. [医] 矛盾情绪的

💬 双语例句

  1. If this happens when we claim to love trees, I shudder to think what would happen if we were ambivalent about them? Or thought we could live without them?

    如果说这些是在我们宣称热爱树木的情况下发生的,那么如果我们对它们的态度是模棱两可的话情况会是怎样呢? 或者如果我们认为没有它们我们照样能生存下去情况又会是怎样呢?

  2. Immediately following the coup, the European Union adopted an ambivalent position toward it. This, too, is reminiscent of Algeria in 1992, when most European governments supported the annulment of the Islamists’ electoral victory.

  3. Today’s flux in the Middle East is a highly ambivalent affair, because the situation can improve or (more likely) deteriorate. But one thing is certain: if the present impasse continues, the situation will only get worse.

    今天中东地区的变化充满矛盾,因为中东局势可能因此改善,但更可能因此恶化。 但有一点可以肯定:如果当前的僵局持续下去,局面只会进一步恶化。 因此甘冒变化所须的风险是正确的选择。

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🔗 常用搭配

ambivalent affairambivalent positionhighly ambivalentremained ambivalentadopted an ambivalentambivalent about global
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. s. uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow