emotion

emotion
noun
  1. a strong feeling deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others
    情感,情绪;激情
    she was attempting to control her emotions.
    她试图控制自己的情绪。
    [mass noun]his voice was low and shaky with emotion.
    他的声音很低,由于激动还有些颤抖。
    ■[mass noun]instinctive or intuitive feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge
    感情
    responses have to be based on historical insight, not simply on emotion.
    作出的反应必须基于对历史的洞察,而不是简单地意气用事。
派生
emotionless
adjective
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (denoting a public disturbance or commotion): from French émotion, from émouvoir 'excite', based on Latin emovere, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + movere 'move'. The sense 'mental agitation' dates from the mid 17th cent., the current general sense from the early 19th cent
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