英文词源
- ambivalence (n.)
- "simultaneous conflicting feelings," 1924 (1912 as ambivalency), from German Ambivalenz, coined 1910 by Swiss psychologist Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939) on model of German Equivalenz "equivalence," etc., from Latin ambi- "both" (see ambi-) + valentia "strength," from present participle of valere "be strong" (see valiant). A psychological term that by 1929 had taken on a broader literary and general sense.
中文词源
发音释义：[æm'bɪvələns] n. 矛盾情绪；正反感情并存
结构分析：ambivalence = ambi（两边）+ valence（力量）→正反两个方向的力量→矛盾情绪
词源解释：ambi←拉丁语ambi（四处、周围）；valence←拉丁语valentia（力量）
同源词：value（价值），valiant（英勇的的），Valentine（瓦伦丁）、Valentia（瓦伦西亚）
衍生词：ambivalent（矛盾的）
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