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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
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Collins English-English Dictionary
- emotional [ɪ'məυʃənəl]
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1.
adj
of, characteristic of, or expressive of emotion
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2.
adj
readily or excessively affected by emotion
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3.
adj
appealing to or arousing emotion
- an emotional piece of music
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4.
adj
caused, determined, or actuated by emotion rather than reason
- an emotional argument
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1.
adj
of, characteristic of, or expressive of emotion
Examples
- That trip gave me great emotional baggage that I'm still carring around with me.
- 那次旅行给我带来了沉重的精神负担，至今都无法释怀。 → baggage
- to get emotional
- 动感情的 → emotional
- He had not been able to satisfy her emotional needs.
- 他没能满足她感情上的需求。 → need
- a picture of an emotional awakening → awakening
- an emotional piece of music → emotional
- an emotional argument → emotional
- childhood problems often leave emotional scars → leave
- 感情色彩
- emotional colouring → 色彩
- 心绪烦乱
- emotionally upset; in an emotional turmoil → 心绪
- 这部电影的情调太低俗了。
- The emotional appeal of that film is too vulgar. → 低俗
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