e‧mo‧tion W3 / ɪməʊʃ ə n $ ɪmoʊ- / 名词 [可数和不可数名词]
a strong human feeling such as love, hate, or anger :
Her voice was full of emotion .
conflicting/mixed emotions
Sara listened with mixed emotions.
She was good at hiding her emotions .
Kim received the news without showing any visible sign of emotion .
COLLOCATIONS
形容词
strong/intense Issues such as abortion arouse strong emotions. | The emotion was so intense that she spent most of the movie in tears.
powerful (= having a very strong effect on someone ) Grief is a very powerful emotion.
deep (= strongly felt, but not always expressed ) He had never revealed these deep emotions to anyone.
painful (= one that is difficult to deal with ) Painful emotions, stored away in the patient’s memory, can suddenly come flooding back.
overwhelming (= a very strong emotion that you feel suddenly ) She was filled with an overwhelming emotion of relief.
a positive emotion (= love, happiness, hope etc ) Try to focus on your positive emotions.
a negative emotion (= anger, fear, hate etc ) It’s not easy learning how to deal with negative emotions.
mixed/conflicting emotions (= a mixture of very different feelings ) She had mixed emotions about seeing him again.
pent-up emotions (= emotions that someone feels but does not express ) Crying can release pent-up emotions.
great emotion She sings with great emotion.
real emotion (= very strong emotion ) There was real emotion in his voice.
raw emotion (= strong emotions that someone shows openly and does not control ) The crowd responded to his words with raw emotion.
human emotions the expression of human emotions through music and poetry
动词
show emotion He didn’t show any emotion when I told him I was pregnant.
express an emotion (= show or talk about ) He had always found it difficult to express his emotions.
feel/experience an emotion Seeing him with his new wife, she felt emotions that she did not want to feel again.
hide your emotions ( also conceal your emotions formal ) Laura could not hide her emotions, or pretend to feel something she did not.
stir up people’s emotions (= deliberately try to make people have strong feelings ) His speech roused the crowd and stirred up their emotions.
短语
be full of emotion (= showing or feeling strong emotions, especially sadness ) When she spoke, Nellie’s voice was full of emotion.
be overcome with emotion (= feel an emotion so strongly that you cannot behave normally ) As soon as I heard that song, I was overcome with emotion.
be choked with emotion (= feel so much emotion that you cannot speak normally ) Mr Ford’s voice was choked with emotion as he addressed the mourners.
be devoid of emotion formal (= not showing or feeling any emotion ) I find his books completely devoid of emotion.
a display/expression of emotion (= an emotion that is shown clearly openly ) Such open displays of emotion made him feel uncomfortable.
a sign of emotion He showed no sign of emotion as the guilty verdict was read out.
a hint/trace/flicker of emotion (= a very small sign that someone feels an emotion ) I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in his eyes.
a wave/flood/surge/rush of emotion (= a sudden very strong emotion ) A great surge of emotion swept through her when she learnt that he was safe.
the depth of an emotion (= how strong an emotion is ) She was surprised by the depth of her emotions.
lack of emotion George’s apparent lack of emotion was too much to bear.