What's your feeling on/about this subject? = What are your feelings on/about this subject?对这一问题你有什么意见?
I can see that you have strong feelings about this subject.看得出你对这一问题很有自己的看法。
I get the feeling [=impression] that you think I don't know what I'm doing.我感觉到你认为我不知道自己在干什么。
My feeling is that we need to hire more people.我的观点是我们需要雇用更多的人手。
She shared her feelings with us on a variety of subjects. [=told us her opinions about a variety of subjects]她和我们分享了她对各种问题的观点。
◊ If you have a/the feeling that something might happen or be true, you think it might happen or be true even though you have no definite reason to think so.预感到;感觉是
He had the feeling (that) he was being watched, although he didn't see anyone.他觉得有人在监视他,尽管他没看到任何人。
I had a feeling you'd say that.我预感到你会那么说。
I have a nagging/funny feeling that I've forgotten something.我有一种不安/奇怪的预感:自己忘记了什么东西。
I have a sneaky/sneaking feeling that my guess was wrong.我隐隐地觉得我的猜测是错的。
Do you ever have the feeling [=have the sense, have the impression] (that) you're being watched?你有过被人监视的感觉吗?
b [noncount]:an opinion or a way of thinking that is shared by many people(得到很多人支持的)主张,看法
Anti-war feeling has reached an all-time high. = There is strong feeling against the war. [=many people are opposed to the war]反战呼声空前高涨。
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[singular]:the general quality or character of a place or thing品质;特点
The story has an eerie feeling. [=feel, quality]这个故事很怪诞。
a big city with a small-town feeling [=feel, atmosphere]洋溢着小镇风情的大城市
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[noncount]:the quality of a work of art or performance that shows the emotion of the artist or performer(艺术作品的)感染力,情感
You need to play this passage with more feeling. [=expression]你需要更有感情地演奏这段曲子。
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[singular]:an ability to understand the nature of something:2feel 2领悟力;鉴赏力
a painter with a good feeling for color色彩感很强的画家
have feelings for
:to feel love or affection for (someone)(对某人)有爱,有感情
Even though they're divorced, it's obvious that they still have (tender) feelings for each other.虽然他们离婚了,但很显然他们彼此仍有感情。
: the one of the basic physical senses of which the skin contains the chief end organs and of which the sensations of touch and temperature are characteristic : touch
(2)
: a sensation experienced through this sense
b
: generalized bodily consciousness or sensation
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: appreciative or responsive awareness or recognition
experience a feeling of safety
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: an emotional state or reaction
a kindly feeling toward the boy
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feelings plural: susceptibility to impression : sensitivity
the remark hurt her feelings
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: the undifferentiated background of one's awareness considered apart from any identifiable sensation, perception, or thought
feeling denotes any partly mental, partly physical response marked by pleasure, pain, attraction, or repulsion; it may suggest the mere existence of a response but imply nothing about the nature or intensity of it.
the feelings that once moved me are gone
emotion carries a strong implication of excitement or agitation but, like feeling, encompasses both positive and negative responses.
the drama portrays the emotions of adolescence
affection applies to feelings that are also inclinations or likings.
a memoir of childhood filled with affection for her family
sentiment often implies an emotion inspired by an idea.
her feminist sentiments are well known
passion suggests a very powerful or controlling emotion.
revenge became his ruling passion
Example Sentences
Noun I noticed tingling feelings in my fingers. She had a queasy feeling in her stomach. I had the feeling of something crawling across my foot. We enjoyed the feeling of walking barefoot in the sand. He had no feeling in his right leg. He's been troubled by feelings of guilt. There's no point in trying to hide your feelings. He spoke with feeling about the injustice he had seen. Have you no feeling for the plight of the homeless? I can see that you have strong feelings about this subject. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
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The event was reminiscent of the London Olympics in 2012, when the city was overwhelmed by a feeling of togetherness. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 Her guitar’s prowess, passion and temperament is reminiscent of axe-slinging legend Jeff Beck at his most incendiary and feeling-filled. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 14 Sep. 2022 Maybe my Marni skepticism is fueled by a feeling that female designers are the stars of this week, driving all the ideas forward. Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Sep. 2022 This combination of gospel feeling with classical technique was seen throughout Lewis’ career. Aaron Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022 Plus, the conditioner nourishes hair, leaving a silky smooth feeling behind post-shower. Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 13 Sep. 2022 In interviews, students described feeling left in the dark for much of the lengthy investigation on behalf of the university. Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022 And don't spend one second feeling guilty about it! Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 12 Sep. 2022 The early deference to quiet diplomacy gave way to a sense of impatience, and even a feeling of betrayal. Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
1sth that you feel/sense感覺ADJECTIVE | VERB + FEELING | FEELING + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤strong強烈的感覺➤overwhelming極其強烈的感情◇Rielle had an overwhelming feeling of guilt.里埃勒深感內疚。➤definite, distinct確定的/敏銳的感覺▸➤nagging, sneaking, sneaky, vague煩人的感覺;埋在心裏的感覺;隱隱的感覺◇I had a nagging feeling that I had forgotten something.我有某種不安的感覺,好像忘了什麼東西似的。➤amazing, awesome (informal, especially NAmE) , glorious, good, great, incredible, marvellous/marvelous, nice, pleasant, warm, wonderful令人驚訝的/極佳的/令人愉快的/美好的/很棒的/令人難以置信的/不可思議的/良好的/令人開心的/溫暖的/美妙的感覺◇It was a good feeling to be arriving home again.又回到家了,感覺真好。➤fuzzy模糊的感覺◇It gave me a warm fuzzy feeling to hear him say that.聽到他那樣說,我有種溫暖而朦朧的感覺。➤awful, bad, horrible, nasty, queasy, sick, sickening, sinking, terrible, tight可怕的/不好的/令人恐懼的/討厭的/令人作嘔的/惡心的/令人厭惡的/令人沮喪的/糟糕透頂的/緊繃的感覺◇He suddenly had a terrible sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.他的心裏突然有一種不安的感覺。◇I have a tight feeling in my stomach.我覺得胃部不適。➤painful痛苦的感覺◇the painful feeling in his gut腸道裏痛的感覺➤creepy (informal) , uncomfortable, uneasy令人毛骨悚然的/不舒服的/不自在的感覺◇She gives me this creepy feeling.她給了我這種毛骨悚然的感覺。➤empty, hollow空虛的/空蕩蕩的感覺▸➤guilty內疚感▸➤curious, eerie, funny, odd, peculiar, strange, weird好奇的/神秘怪異的/可笑的/奇異的/特殊的/奇怪的/古怪的感覺➤familiar熟悉的感覺◇I started to get a familiar feeling in my stomach.我的胃部開始有了那種熟悉的感覺。➤gut, instinctive直覺◇My gut feeling was that we couldn't trust her.我的直覺是我們不能信任她。➤general, popular, public, widespread一般的/流行的/公眾的/普遍的感覺◇The general feeling of the meeting was against the decision.這次會議的普遍觀點是反對這個決定。➤nationalist, patriotic民族主義/愛國感情◇There's a great patriotic feeling in the country.這個國家的愛國熱情高漲。VERB + FEELING➤experience, feel, get, have感到⋯;覺得⋯◇He felt a wonderful warm feeling come over him.他感到一股暖流流遍全身。◇Do you get the feeling that we're not welcome here?你覺不覺得我們在這裏不受歡迎?➤give sb, leave sb with給某人⋯感覺;使某人覺得◇She was left with the feeling that he did not care.她有一種感覺,就是他不在乎。➤shake動搖感覺◇I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with him.我始終覺得他什麼地方不對勁。➤know (informal) 理解感受◇'I really resent the way he treated me.' 'I know the feeling (= I know how you feel).'“他那樣對我我真的很氣憤。”“我明白你的感受。”➤arouse, evoke, inspire引發/勾起/激發情感◇a case that has aroused strong public feeling激起公眾強烈反應的案件➤ignore忽視感覺◇She ignored the queasy feeling in her stomach.她沒有在意那種惡心反胃的感覺。➤enjoy, like, love享受/喜歡/喜愛⋯感覺◇She loved the feeling of being close to him.她很喜歡和他挨得很近的感覺。➤hate討厭⋯感覺◇I hated the feeling of uncertainty.我討厭這種充滿不確定性的感覺。FEELING + VERB➤come over sb, creep over sb感覺控制住某人/悄悄地控制住某人▸➤be mutual感覺相同◇'I'm going to miss you.' 'The feeling's mutual (= I feel exactly the same).'“我會想你的。”“我也會。”PREPOSITION➤feeling about對⋯的感情◇I had a feeling about that place.我對那個地方有某種感覺。➤feeling of⋯的感覺◇a feeling of excitement興奮的感覺feeling
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2feelingsopinions/emotions/love意見;感情;愛ADJECTIVE | VERB + FEELINGS | FEELINGS + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤deep, intense, strong深厚的/熱切的/強烈的感情▸➤ambivalent, mixed矛盾的感情;複雜的情感◇I had mixed feelings about meeting them again.再次遇見他們,我的心情很複雜。➤genuine真摯的情感◇a sweet old man with genuine feelings for Virginia對弗吉尼亞懷有真摯情感的一位和藹可親的老人➤positive, tender, warm樂觀情緒;柔情;溫情▸➤bad, hostile, ill, negative不好的情感;敵意;惡意;消極情緒▸➤hurt, injured (especially BrE) 受傷的感情➤guilt負疚感◇I don't have those guilt feelings any more.我已不再有那些負疚感了。➤inner, innermost, real, true內心的情感;內心深處的情感;真情實意▸➤pent-up壓抑的情感◇She could finally release her pent-up feelings.她終於能釋放她壓抑的情感了。➤personal個人情感➤human人類的情感▸➤religious宗教情感▸➤sexual性感覺➤romantic浪漫的情感◇I can bring out Aminta's romantic feelings.我能激發出阿明塔的浪漫情愫。VERB + FEELINGS➤experience, harbour/harbor, have, suffer經歷情感;懷有情感;遭受情感的折磨◇She experienced a whole range of feelings.她經歷了各種各樣的情感。◇He still harboured / harbored feelings of resentment.他仍心懷怨恨。◇She was lucky that she had suffered no more than hurt feelings.她很幸運,只是感情受到了傷害。➤develop發展情感◇They begin to develop feelings for one another.他們彼此之間開始有了好感。➤admit, confess, express, give vent to, let out, release, reveal, show, vent, voice承認/坦承/表達/發泄/流露/釋放/表露/表明/宣泄/說出情感◇Heather is slowly admitting her feelings.希瑟慢慢承認了她的情感。◇He finds it difficult to express his feelings.他覺得很難表達自己的情感。◇I finally gave vent to my feelings and started yelling at him.我終於發泄出自己的情感,開始對他大吼起來。◇He wanted just to be able to let his feelings out.他只想盡情釋放自己的情感。➤articulate, convey, describe, discuss, explain, talk about清楚地表達/表達/描述/討論/解釋/談論感受◇We discussed our innermost feelings.我們談了自己內心深處的感受。➤capture, reflect贏得/反映情感◇Her poems reflected her personal feelings.她的詩歌反映了她個人的情感。➤bottle up, bury, deny, fight, fight back, hide, hold back, keep to yourself, mask, repress, suppress抑制情感;埋藏情感;否認情感;與情感作鬥爭;克制情感;隱瞞情感;強忍住情感;將情感埋在心底;掩飾情感;壓抑情感;壓制情感◇I fought back my feelings of jealousy.我克制住了我的嫉妒。◇I kept my feelings to myself.我把自己的情感埋在心底,不告訴別人。◇She tried to hide her true feelings.她盡力掩藏自己的真實心情。➤ignore忽視情感◇I tried to ignore my irrational feelings of jealousy.我盡力不理會自己不理智的嫉妒心。➤hurt傷害感情◇I'm sorry if I've hurt your feelings.如果我傷害了你的感情,我很抱歉。➤spare避免傷害感情◇We didn't tell Jane because we wanted to spare her feelings.我們沒有告訴簡,因為我們不想傷害她的感情。➤arouse, engender, evoke, inspire引發/引起/喚起/激發情感◇The debate aroused strong feelings on both sides.爭論使雙方情緒都很激動。➤heighten加強感受◇It was the practical aspect of life that heightened her feelings of loneliness and loss.是生活中的現實使她愈發感到孤獨和失落。➤sort out, understand梳理/理解感情▸➤reciprocate, return回報感情◇Although she did not reciprocate his feelings, she did not discourage him.儘管她沒有回應他的感情,她也沒有使他喪失信心。➤share有相同的感受◇He had never been one to share his feelings.他從來都不是他的知己。FEELINGS + VERB➤sweep over sb, wash over sb, well up inside sb感情襲過某人/對某人無多大影響/在某人心中湧起▸➤run high (especially BrE) 情緒高漲◇Feelings were running high as the meeting continued.隨着會議的進行,人們的情緒高漲起來。PREPOSITION➤feeling about關於⋯的感情◇I don't have any strong feelings about it one way or the other.我對這件事沒有任何強烈情感。➤feeling for對⋯的感情◇She still had a lot of feelings for David.她仍然對戴維一往情深。◇It makes no difference to my feelings for you.這不會使我對你的感情有什麼改變。➤feeling of⋯的感情◇his feelings of grief他的悲傷之情◇He was determined to banish all feelings of guilt.他下決心排除心中所有的內疚感。➤feeling on對於⋯的感情◇I have mixed feelings on that.我對那件事的感情很複雜。◇What are your feelings on this issue?你對這個問題的感受如何?➤feeling towards/toward對⋯的感情◇her feelings of anger towards / toward him她對他的怒氣PHRASES➤no hard feelings (informal) 別難過◇Someone has to lose. No hard feelings, eh?總有人會失敗的。別難過,好嗎?feeling
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3understanding/sensitivity/sympathy領悟;敏感;同情ADJECTIVE | VERB + FEELING | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤great, wonderful美妙的感受➤genuine真實的感受◇What I love about this book is its genuine feeling for people.我喜歡這本書是因為它對人懷有真情實感。VERB + FEELING➤have能感受到◇You have no feeling for the sufferings of others.你對別人的痛苦無動於衷。➤develop逐漸明白◇He had developed a feeling for when not to disturb her.他已經逐漸意識到什麼時候不要去打擾她。PREPOSITION➤with feeling有感情地◇She spoke with feeling about the plight of the homeless.她激動地講起了那些無家可歸者的艱難處境。➤feeling for對⋯的感受力◇She has a wonderful feeling for texture.她對質地的感受力很強。feeling
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4 ( feelings, especially in NAmE) anger生氣ADJECTIVE | VERB + FEELING | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤bad, ill惡感VERB + FEELING➤cause, create, lead to引起/產生/導致憤怒▸➤stir up激起憤怒PREPOSITION➤feeling against反感◇Their aim was to stir up feeling / feelings against the war.他們的目的就是激起人們的反戰情緒。➤feeling between⋯之間的惡感◇I don't want any bad feeling / feelings between us.我不希望我們之間有什麼敵意。feeling
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5ability to feel physically身體的感知能力VERB + FEELING | PREPOSITIONVERB + FEELING➤lose失去知覺▸➤regain恢復知覺PREPOSITION➤feeling in⋯的知覺◇After the accident he lost all feeling in his legs.那次事故之後,他的雙腿完全失去了知覺。feeling
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6atmosphere氣氛VERB + FEELING | PREPOSITIONVERB + FEELING➤create, recreate營造氣氛;重新營造氣氛◇They have managed to recreate the feeling of the original building.他們設法再現了原建築的氣勢。PREPOSITION➤feeling of⋯的感覺◇The drink gave me a feeling of confidence.這酒讓我覺得自信。