复杂情绪 Complex Emotions — 情绪英语单词

"Looking at old photos made her feel nostalgic."

看老照片让她感到怀旧。

"This song makes me nostalgic for my college days."

这首歌让我怀念大学时光。

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nostalgic来自nostalgia（怀旧），nost（回家）+algia（痛），想回家的痛=思乡=怀旧。最初是描述士兵想家的词。

"He felt embarrassed when he tripped in front of everyone."

他在大家面前绊倒了，觉得很尴尬。

"She was embarrassed when she accidentally called the teacher 'Mom'."

她不小心把老师叫成了「妈妈」，尴尬极了。

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embarrassed有两个r两个s，记住双r双s就不会拼错。em（使）+barrass（障碍）=使人陷入障碍=让人尴尬。

"She felt frustrated when her computer crashed and she lost all her work."

电脑崩溃丢失了所有工作内容，她感到很沮丧。

"I get frustrated when I can't solve a math problem after trying many times."

尝试了很多次还是解不出数学题，我感到很沮丧。

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frustrated来自frustrate（挫败），想象成「夫（f）绕（r）死它（strat）」——被困难绕来绕去搞得很沮丧。

"She felt overwhelmed by all the tasks she had to finish."

面对所有要完成的任务，她感到不堪重负。

"New parents often feel overwhelmed in the first few weeks."

新手父母在最初几周常常感到应接不暇。

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overwhelmed就是over（超过）+whelm（淹没），被超量的事物淹没=不堪重负。想象水涨过了头=overwhelmed。

"I feel guilty about not visiting my grandparents more often."

没有经常去看望祖父母，我感到内疚。

"She felt guilty for eating the last piece of cake without sharing."

她没有分享就吃了最后一块蛋糕，感到很内疚。

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guilty来自guilt（罪恶感），guilt+y=guilty（有罪恶感的）。有趣的是guilty pleasure指「带有负罪感的快乐」，比如偷偷吃垃圾食品。

"I'm envious of people who can travel the world."

我很羡慕那些能环游世界的人。

"She couldn't help feeling envious of her colleague's promotion."

她忍不住羡慕同事升职了。

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envious来自envy（羡慕），envy+ous=envious。和jealous的区别：envious偏「羡慕想拥有」，jealous偏「嫉妒怕失去」。

"There was an awkward silence after he told the joke."

他讲完笑话后出现了一阵尴尬的沉默。

"It was awkward running into my ex at the supermarket."

在超市碰到前任真的很尴尬。

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awkward发音近似「奥克沃德」，awk-ward，想象笨拙地（awk）往后退（ward）=别扭尴尬的。