ambivalent

美音：[æm'bɪvələnt] 英音：[æm'bɪvələnt]

简单释义：

adj.（忧喜参半、好坏参半等）矛盾情绪的

n.两性人

网络矛盾的；有矛盾看法的；有矛盾心理的

完整释义：

adj.

1.(对人或事务)有矛盾感情的
2.有一种矛盾心情
3.有矛盾心理的
4.矛盾情绪的
5.好恶参半的
6.有分歧意见的

1.两性人
2.利害二值

例句：

From the first, the British have been ambivalent about supermarkets.
从一开始，英国人就对超市的评价就是矛盾的。
Presumably, the neatness of our pigless yards would impress him. But it is hard not to feel that he would, at least, be ambivalent.
推测来看，我们整洁干净没有猪跑来跑去的草坪会给他留下很深的印象，但他很难不感觉到自相矛盾。
The protectionist lobbies that have wreaked havoc during past economic downturns are weaker or more ambivalent this time round.
在过去几次经济衰退期间曾造成严重破坏的保护主义游说活动，这次势力有所减弱，或者态度变得更加模棱两可。
Like many famous couples, they have had an ambivalent attitude about media coverage of their marriage and family.
像很多著名的夫妇一样，他们对媒体对他们婚姻和家庭的报道表现的很矛盾。
She had been ambivalent about their Jewish friends and his relatives , though outwardly she seemed not a prejudiced person .
她对他们的犹太朋友和他的亲戚有一种矛盾的心情，尽管她在外表上并不是个怀有偏见的人。
First, India's colonial heritage has left it with an ambivalent attitude to English, along with a desire to preserve local languages.
首先，印度的殖民地历史，使其在对待英语的态度上十分矛盾，同时它还希望保留当地语言。
It may be true that Japanese are, on average, often ambivalent towards the West, towards America, and towards all things not Japanese.
通常而言日本人确实对西方、对美国、对所有非日本的事物都有着矛盾情绪。
And many are from families that have been American for generations, no longer speak Spanish and are ambivalent toward the new arrivals.
很多选民还是来自已经在美国生活了几代的家庭，不再操西班牙语，对新来的移民态度矛盾。

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