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Friday, July 13, 2007

情感

feel - felt, feel·ing –noun
1. a sensation of something felt; a vague mental impression or feeling: a feel of winter; a feel of sadness in the air.

2. the general state of consciousness considered independently of particular sensations, thoughts, etc.

3. a consciousness or vague awareness: a feeling of inferiority.

4. a sentiment; attitude; opinion: The general feeling was in favor of the proposal.

5. readily affected by emotion; sympathetic

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—Synonyms
Feeling, emotion, passion, sentiment refer to pleasurable or painful sensations experienced when one is stirred to sympathy, anger, fear, love, grief, etc.

Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing.
Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion.
Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so overpowering that it masters the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger.
Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, esp. refined or tender feeling:

Recollections are often colored by sentiment. 6. sympathy, empathy, tenderness, sensitivity, sentiment. 12. emotional, tender. 13. impassioned, passionate.

—Antonyms
apathy. cold.

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