中性情绪 Neutral Emotions — 情绪英语单词

"I was surprised to see her at the party."

在派对上看到她我很惊讶。

"Everyone was surprised when he announced he was getting married."

当他宣布要结婚时，大家都很吃惊。

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surprised来自surprise（惊喜），sur（超过）+prise（抓住），超出预期地抓住你=惊讶，-d结尾表示人的感受。

"I'm confused by the instructions; can you explain again?"

我对这个说明感到困惑，你能再解释一下吗？

"The students looked confused after the teacher explained the formula."

老师解释完公式后学生们看起来一脸困惑。

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confused来自confuse（使困惑），con（一起）+fuse（融合），所有东西混在一起分不清=困惑的。

"Children are naturally curious about the world around them."

孩子们天生对周围的世界充满好奇。

"I'm curious about how they built such a tall building."

我很好奇他们是怎么建造这么高的楼的。

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curious和cure（治愈）同源，古代好奇心强的人爱研究如何治愈疾病，curious=充满探索欲的=好奇的。

"Try to stay calm when facing a difficult situation."

面对困难的情况时尽量保持冷静。

"The doctor spoke in a calm voice to comfort the patient."

医生用平静的声音安慰病人。

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calm发音近似「卡姆」，注意l不发音，calm和palm（手掌）的l都不发音。calm=平静的，像静止的湖面。

"The movie was so long that I got bored halfway through."

这部电影太长了，我看到一半就觉得无聊了。

"I'm so bored at home; let's go out and do something fun."

在家太无聊了，我们出去玩点有趣的吧。

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bored和boring要区分：I am bored（我无聊）描述人的感受，The movie is boring（电影无聊）描述事物。-ed描述人，-ing描述物。

"We were all shocked by the sudden news."

我们都被这个突如其来的消息震惊了。

"She was shocked to discover that her flight had been cancelled without notice."

她震惊地发现航班被无通知地取消了。

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shocked来自shock（电击/震惊），像被电击一样的感觉=震惊的，shock+ed=shocked。比surprised程度更强。

"I was very impressed by her presentation skills."

她的演讲能力给我留下了很深的印象。

"The manager was impressed with the new employee's work ethic."

经理对新员工的工作态度印象深刻。

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impressed来自impress（留下印象），im（进入）+press（压），深深压入脑海=印象深刻的。

"He seemed indifferent to what was happening around him."

他对周围发生的事似乎漠不关心。

"She acted indifferent when he apologized, but inside she was still hurt."

他道歉的时候她表现得很冷漠，但内心依然受伤。

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indifferent就是in（不）+different（不同的），觉得什么都没区别=冷漠的、不在乎的，没有偏好=漠不关心。