Dictionary entry

Ambivalence

Pronunciation: /amˈbɪv(ə)l(ə)ns/

Pronunciation

/amˈbɪv(ə)l(ə)ns/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ယင်းသို့ဖြစ်ခြင်း။

Definition

ambivalent /æm'bÇvǝlǝnt/ adj ~ (about sb/sth) အျမင္၊ စိတ္ ခံစားမႈ အေကာင္းႏွင့္အဆိုး ဒြန္တြဲေနေသာ။ စိတ္ႏွစ္ခြျဖစ္ေသာ။ မတင္မက်ျဖစ္ေသာ။ He has an ambivalent attitude towards his friend's wife. ❍ She is ambivalent about her future career. ❏ ambivalence n [U, sing] ~ (about/towards sb/sth) ယင္းသို႔ျဖစ္ျခင္း။ an ambivalence towards foreign tourists ❍ There is much ambivalence about our involvement in the war.

Examples

  1. Leigh’s response was ambivalent.
  2. Most of us have an ambivalent attitude towards technology.
  3. [ambivalent about] : Joe was ambivalent about taking the job.