a strong feeling such as love, fear or anger; the part of a person’s character that consists of feelings 强烈的感情;激情;情感;情绪 to show/express your emotions 表达你的情感 They expressed mixed emotions at the news. 他们对这个消息表现出复杂的感情。 Counselling can teach people to handle negative emotions such as fear and anger. 心理咨询可以教会人们怎样应付恐惧和愤怒等消极情绪。 Fear is a normal human emotion. 恐惧是正常的人类情感。 This documentary manages to capture the raw emotions of life at the tough end. 这部纪录片设法捕捉到了生活艰难时期的原始情感。 Emotions are running high (= people are feeling very excited, angry, etc.). 群情激昂。 She showed no emotion at the verdict. 她对这一裁定无动于衷。 The decision was based on emotion rather than rational thought. 这个决定不是基于理性的思考而是基于感情作出的。 Mary was overcome with emotion. 玛丽激动得不能自持。
Culture feelingsfeelingsThe British reserve, a general national habit of avoiding showing strong emotion of any kind, is well known. Many visitors to Britain think that because the British do not express their feelings easily they are cold and they don't care about people. Keeping a stiff upper lip, not showing or talking about your feelings, was thought in the past to be a sign of strong character, and people who revealed their feelings were thought to be weak or bad-mannered. This attitude is far less common today and people are now encouraged to show or talk about their feelings.Most British men, and some women, are embarrassed to be seen crying in public. People are also embarrassed when they see somebody crying, and do not know whether it is better to pretend they have not noticed or to try and comfort them. Women are more likely to respond than men and will put their arm round the person or touch their shoulder. Many people now show feelings of affection in public. People sometimes kiss each other on the cheek as a greeting and may greet or say goodbye to each other with a hug (= putting their arms round each other). Lovers hold hands in public, and sometimes embrace and kiss each other. Some British people are embarrassed about showing anger. If somebody starts to complain in public, for example, about being kept waiting in a restaurant, people around them may pretend not to hear and avoid getting involved.When British people are part of a crowd they are less worried about expressing their emotions. Football crowds sing and they cheer when their side scores a goal. Players hug each other when they score. Even cricket supporters, who in the past had a reputation for being much quieter, cheer as well as giving the traditional polite applause.Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb1He lost control of his emotions. 他对自己的情绪失去了控制。 Through her work she expresses a wide range of emotion. 通过她的作品,她表达了广泛的情感。 Counsellors encourage victims of crime to confront their emotions. 辅导员鼓励罪案受害人直面自己的情感。 Drama can help children to express their emotions. 戏剧能帮助孩子们表达他们的情感。 Emotions are running high on the issue. 在这件事上人们情绪高涨。 He felt no emotion as she left. 她离开时他感觉心情很淡然。 It's about allowing kids to express feelings and emotions through art. 它是关于让孩子们通过艺术来表达情感。 Her performance in the play covered the whole gamut of emotions. 她在剧中的表演情感跨度很大。 Her voice was choked with emotion. 她因感情激动而声音哽咽。 Releasing these emotions is part of the healing process. 释放这些情感是康复过程的一部份。 She could not cope with such public displays of emotion. 她应付不来这种公开的情感表达。 She felt a sudden rush of emotion at the thought of seeing him again. 一想到要再次见到他,她就心潮起伏。 She felt torn by conflicting emotions. 矛盾的情感折磨着她。 She realized she was shaking all over with emotion. 她意识到自己激动得浑身颤抖起来。 She spoke with deep emotion. 她说话时充满了感情。 The film captures the real emotion of this terrible event. 电影抓住了这一恐怖事件造成的真实情感。 The film has a surprising depth of emotion for a comedy. 作为喜剧这部电影的感情深度出乎意料。 The nurse was handling his fragile emotions very carefully. 护士小心地抚慰他脆弱的情感。 The woman's face showed no emotion. 那个女人面无表情。 There wasn't a hint of emotion in his eyes. 他的眼中并没流露出任何感情。 a spectacle which no one can view without emotion 没有人能不带感情地观看这一奇观 Years of pent-up emotion came out as he sobbed. 他啜泣着,多年压抑的情感得到释放。 You could read his emotions by looking into his eyes. 仔细观察他的眼睛,就能明白他的情感。 a moving performance full of raw emotion 充满真情实感的动人表演 a speech that was charged with emotion 充满激情的演讲 an incident that has aroused strong emotions locally 激起当地人强烈感情的一个事件 the emotions that we experience as children 孩提时经历的情感 the heightened emotions which resulted from the terrorist attack 恐怖袭击导致的高涨情绪 spontaneous outpourings of emotion 情感的自发流露 This is the kind of expression of emotion that touches a deeper chord. 这是那种触动更深和弦的情感表达。 She was overwhelmed by the emotion of the moment. 她被当时的情绪淹没了。 The young boy bit his lip to keep his emotions in check. 这个小男孩咬着嘴唇控制住自己的情绪。 There's nothing in this movie that will stir your emotions. 这部电影没有什么能激起你的情绪。 His imagery conveys intense emotion. 他的意象传达了强烈的情感。
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a public disturbance): from French émotion, from émouvoir ‘excite’, based on Latin emovere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + movere ‘move’. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.