ambivalent
adj. 对某物、某人或某境况具有矛盾情感的; 矛盾的
If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
She remained ambivalent about her marriage...
她对于自己的婚事仍然拿不定主意。
He maintained an ambivalent attitude to the Church throughout his long life.
在他漫长的一生中,他对基督教信仰始终是一种摇摆不定的态度。
1. characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes;
2. uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow;
The Welsh princes had always enjoyed a somewhat ambivalent relationship with their technical Norman overlords.
威尔士诸亲王对他们的诺曼主子总有一种暧昧的关系.
What worries me is that he's so placid and, almost , ambivalent while he's doing it.
我所担心的是,他太平静了, 并且当他在选择自己干的时候, 他可能会犹豫.
Many Japanese managers are ambivalent about such matters too, and they about having to do it.
许多日本经理对这样的事情也是有分歧意见的, 他们抱怨不得不这样做.
Britons ambivalent about Charles remarrying.
查尔斯王子再婚,英国人意见两极.
A deconstructive reading of the story , indicates the author's ambivalent attitude towards this binary opposition.
该作品对理性与非理性这对二元对立所包含的循规蹈矩和我行我素的对立的理解是自相矛盾的.