"ambivalence" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 矛盾心理
• 矛盾情緒

Definition

矛盾心理指對某人或某事同時有正面和負面的感受，難以確定自己的真實想法。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於正式或學術詞彙，多用於心理學或描述複雜情感時。常搭配“感到矛盾心理”、“表達矛盾情緒”，日常對話少用。

Examples

I felt ambivalence about moving to a new city.

我對搬到新城市感到**矛盾心理**。

Her ambivalence made it difficult to make a decision.

她的**矛盾情緒**讓決定變得很難。

There is often ambivalence about starting something new.

開始新事物時常常會有**矛盾心理**。

His ambivalence toward his job shows in the way he talks about it.

他對工作的**矛盾情緒**從他說話的方式中表現出來。

You can see the ambivalence in her face when she talks about her childhood.

她談起童年時，你能看到她臉上的**矛盾心理**。

I have a lot of ambivalence about quitting my job—even though I know it's the right thing to do.

我對辭職有很多**矛盾情緒**，雖然知道這是對的。