| 词组 | emotional |
| 释义 | emotional /ɪˈməʊʃənəl $ ɪˈmoʊ-/ adjective 1. feeling or causing strong feelings of sadness or happinessadverbsvery/highly emotional It was a highly emotional moment when they renewed their wedding vows.quite/pretty emotional He became quite emotional at the end of his speech.verbsfeel emotional I felt very emotional when I returned to the house where I was born.get/become emotional Everyone got quite emotional when he left.nounsan emotional experience The funeral was a very emotional experience for his family.an emotional reunion (=a meeting in which you cry because you have not seen someone for a long time) She had an emotional reunion with her father, who she had not seen for over ten years.an emotional farewell Fans gathered outside the church to bid an emotional farewell to the singer who died last week.an emotional moment It was a very emotional moment and they both wept tears of joy.an emotional scene There were emotional scenes in the court as the killer was led away to prison.an emotional speech/appeal/plea The parents of the missing girl made an emotional appeal for her return. | She made an emotional speech after accepting the award.an emotional roller coaster (=a situation which causes you to feel very happy, then very sad) Her relationship with the singer was an emotional roller coaster.THESAURUS: emotional emotiveissue | subject | word | language making people have strong feelings, so that they want to argue with each other: Fox hunting is a very emotive issue in Britain. | Animal experiments are a highly emotive subject. | ‘Propaganda’ is a highly emotive word. | His speech was full of emotive language. movingstory | account | film | experience | tribute making you have strong feelings, especially of sadness, sympathy, or pity: The book is a moving story about a young boy’s search for his mother. | She gives a moving account of her childhood in Iran. | I found the film deeply moving. | Listening to him play the violin was a profoundly moving experience. | Jeremy paid a moving tribute to his wife. touchingstory | gesture | faith affecting your emotions and making you feel sympathy, especially because someone shows how much they care about another person or animal. Touching is less strong than moving: She wrote a touching story about a little girl and her dog. | My son phoned me to wish me good luck, which was a touching gesture. | I found his faith in his parents rather touching. | There was something rather touching about the letter.Deeply or highly?You usually say highly emotional and highly emotive, but deeply moving and deeply touching. poignantreminder | memory | moment | image making you feel strong feelings of sadness or pity, especially because you remember something in the past: The ruins are a poignant reminder of the city’s glorious past. | The visit clearly brought back poignant memories. | There are some poignant moments in the film. | The portrait of his mother is one of the artist’s more poignant images. sentimentalfilm | song | comedy | story dealing with emotions such as love and sadness in a way that seems silly: I found the film too sentimental. | They released an album of sentimental love songs. | The play is a sentimental comedy. | Her stories have been criticized for being too sentimental. highly chargedatmosphere | meeting | debate | topic | issue full of strong emotions, so that people often argue with each other: The trial took place in a highly charged atmosphere. | After a highly charged meeting, the council eventually voted by 459 votes to 403 to accept the deal. | There was a highly charged debate in which the parents argued about what was best for their children. | Euthanasia (=killing someone to prevent them from suffering) has always been a highly charged topic. | highly charged issues such as health care reform2. relating to your feelings, and the way in which they affect your lifenounsemotional problems The patient has a long history of emotional problems.sb’s emotional state Her parents were worried about her emotional state.emotional support His friends gave him a lot of emotional support during the breakup of his marriage.emotional needs It is important to pay attention to the emotional needs of the child.emotional well-being/welfare (=the state of feeling happy and not worried about your life) Physical and emotional well-being are closely linked.emotional strain/distress/trauma (=very unpleasant feelings after a bad experience) She has been under a great deal of emotional strain lately. | Children who have been abused suffer varying degrees of emotional trauma.an emotional scar (=a permanent bad effect on someone, caused by a bad experience) His childhood had left deep emotional scars.emotional turmoil (=strong and confused feelings) When you’re going through emotional turmoil, you can’t concentrate on anything.the emotional impact They were worried about the emotional impact of their divorce on the children.emotional involvement/attachment (=a feeling of liking or loving someone or something) A nurse has to avoid emotional involvement with patients. | Most people have some emotional attachment to the place where they grew up.emotional baggage (=feelings about the past which affect your life now) He was carrying a lot of emotional baggage from a previous relationship.emotional energy Worrying uses up a lot of emotional energy. |
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