touchy-feely
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌtʌtʃ.iˈfiː.li]
- 美式音标 [ˌtʌtʃ.iˈfiː.li]
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基本解释
- adj. 露骨表达感情的，感情外露的；过分多愁善感的，情绪化的；有感情外露特点的，与感情外露有关的
英汉例句
- Stanford has offered a class called "Touchy-Feely" since 1966.
斯坦福大学（Stanford）从1966年就开始开设一门名为“人际互动”（Touchy-Feely）的课程。 - Then there are the really touchy-feely questions, seemingly plucked from a personality test.
所以就有了一些敏感的问题，就像是从人格测验里抽出来的。 - Most Americans also reckon that, despite his touchy-feely manner, their new president is tough enough.
尽管他过于外露的态度，绝大多数美国人认为他们的新总统够强硬。 - Whenever you read stories like that on PF blogs, it can feel like touchy-feely academic hogwash.
FORBES: Reader Story Update: How My Debt-Free Marriage Led To Freedom For New Opportunities - "We haven't picked businesses that are touchy-feely since Blockbuster, " says Berrard, Swisher's chief executive.
FORBES: Magazine Article - Mr Portillo's transformation from right-wing ideologue to touchy-feely liberal clearly baffled some of his audience.
ECONOMIST: On the up
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- kind and loving, especially by touching and holding people more than is usual, often in a way that makes other people uncomfortable
- If you describe something as touchy-feely, you mean that it involves people expressing emotions such as love and affection openly in a way which you find embarrassing and silly.