am·biv·a·lent
adjective/æmˈbɪvələnt/
/æmˈbɪvələnt/
- ambivalent (about/towards somebody/something) having or showing both positive and negative feelings about somebody/something
（喜忧参半、好坏参半等）矛盾情绪的 - She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job.
她似乎对她的新工作喜忧参半。 - He has an ambivalent attitude towards her.
他对她怀着矛盾的心情。
Extra Examples- The party's position on nuclear weapons is deeply ambivalent.
该党在核武器上的立场极为矛盾。 - She is deeply ambivalent about her feelings for him.
她对他的感情十分矛盾。 - In his latest film, he plays a sexually ambivalent bartender.
他在最新的电影中扮演一位性取向不明确的酒吧服务员。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from ambivalence (from German Ambivalenz), on the pattern of equivalent. - She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job.