“感情”常见的英文表达有 feeling、emotion 和 sentiment,具体使用哪个词取决于语境和想要强调的侧重点:
Feeling:最常用,含义广泛,可指各种身体或心理上的感受,包括情感、情绪、直觉等。例如:
I have strong feelings for her.(我对她有很深的感情。)
What are your feelings about this matter?(你对这件事有什么看法/感受?)
Emotion:更正式,侧重于指内心强烈的情感体验,如喜怒哀乐等,通常比“feeling”更为深刻和强烈。例如:
His speech was full of emotion.(他的演讲充满了感情。)
She tried to control her emotions during the funeral.(在葬礼上,她努力控制自己的情绪。)
Sentiment:较为书面、正式,常指基于个人经历、观念等形成的情感、情绪,有时带有一定的主观性或怀旧色彩。例如:
His novel is full of sentiment about the old days.(他的小说充满了对往昔的怀旧之情。)
Public sentiment is against the war.(公众情绪反对这场战争。)