1821, "pertaining to emotion," from emotion + -al (1). Meaning "characterized by or subject to emotions" is attested by 1857. Related: Emotionally. Emotional intelligence coined by mid-1960s, popular from mid-1980s.
雙語例句
1. "Tired and emotional" is a code word for being drunk.
“又累又激動”是形容人喝醉酒的一種委婉說法。
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2. How much emotional baggage is he bringing with him into the relationship?
他背負著多重的感情包袱開始這段戀情？
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3. The emotional wounds of early childhood leave ineradicable scars.
童年早期的情感創傷留下了難以撫平的傷痕。
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4. Other daughters, faced with their mother's emotional hunger, pull away.
面對母親的情感渴求，其他幾個女兒都疏遠了她。
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5. I need your full, emotional identification with the problem and with me.