emotional

adj.

1. 感情的；情感的；情绪的
   connected with people's feelings (= with the emotions)
   1. emotional problems/needs
      情感问题 / 需求
   2. emotional stress
      情绪紧张
   3. a child's emotional and intellectual development
      儿童的情感和智力发展
   4. Mothers are often the ones who provide emotional support for the family.
      母亲通常是家庭的情感支柱。
2. 激起感情的；有感染力的；激动人心的
   causing people to feel strong emotions
   1. emotional language
      有感染力的语言
   2. abortion and other emotional issues
      堕胎和其他使人情绪激动的问题
3. 情绪激动的；感情冲动的
   showing strong emotions, sometimes in a way that other people think is unnecessary
   1. an emotional outburst/response/reaction
      感情爆发；情绪激动的回答 / 反应
   2. They made an emotional appeal for help.
      他们情绪激动地恳求救助。
   3. He tends to get emotional on these occasions.
      他在这些场合往往容易动感情。

1. ADJ 情感上的;情绪上的
   Emotional means concerned with emotions and feelings.
   1. I needed this man's love, and the emotional support he was giving me...
      我需要这个男人的爱，以及他在情感上给我的支持。
   2. Victims are left with emotional problems that can last for life.
      受害者心中留下了可能会持续一生的情感创伤。
2. ADJ-GRADED 激起强烈感情的;激动人心的
   An emotional situation or issue is one that causes people to have strong feelings.
   1. It's a very emotional issue. How can you advocate selling the ivory from elephants?
      这是个很容易激起公愤的话题。你怎么能够鼓吹贩卖象牙？
3. ADJ-GRADED 情绪激动的;（尤指）愤怒的
   If someone is or becomes emotional, they show their feelings very openly, especially because they are upset.
   1. He is a very emotional man...
      他是个很情绪化的人。
   2. I don't get as emotional as I once did.
      我不像以前那么冲动了。

1. She is assailed by self-doubt and emotional insecurity.
   她被自我怀疑和情感上的不安全感所困扰。
2. She made an emotional public appeal on her son's behalf
   她代表儿子动情地发出了公开呼吁。
3. The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.
   从公然威吓到微妙的情感胁迫，各种战术都用上了。
4. His singing really does have the depth and the emotional range of the blues.
   他的歌声确实颇有布鲁斯音乐的内蕴和情感深度。
5. They often seem depressed and close to emotional breakdown.
   他们经常显得很沮丧，精神濒于崩溃的边缘。
6. Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure.
   情绪压力可能会导致血压升高。
7. I needed this man's love, and the emotional support he was giving me
   我需要这个男人的爱，以及他在情感上给我的支持。
8. Victims are left with emotional problems that can last for life.
   受害者心中留下了可能会持续一生的情感创伤。
9. It's a very emotional issue. How can you advocate selling the ivory from elephants?
   这是个很容易激起公愤的话题。你怎么能够鼓吹贩卖象牙？
10. He is a very emotional man
    他是个很情绪化的人。
11. I don't get as emotional as I once did.
    我不像以前那么冲动了。
12. UK organisations are not nourishing their intellectual and emotional capital.
    英国机构没有维护其智力资本和情绪资本。
13. This is an age when we boast of our emotional intelligence and we claim to feel each other's pain.
    这是一个我们都在夸耀自己的情商，声称能感受彼此的伤痛的时代。
14. We feel that we have had our fill of disappointments and emotional upsets.
    我们觉得已经受够了失望和情绪困扰。
15. Emotional conflict may shake the foundations of even the strongest relationship.
    情感冲突可以动摇哪怕是最牢固的人际关系的基础。
16. I am not very given to emotional displays.
    我不习惯表露自己的感情。
17. I don't think you've ever heard Doris talking about her emotional life before
    我想你以前从未听过多丽丝谈自己的感情生活。
18. I need your full, emotional identification with the problem and with me
    我需要你对我、对此问题都有充分的情感认同与支持。
19. The emotional wounds of early childhood leave ineradicable scars
    童年早期的情感创伤留下了难以抚平的伤痕。
20. There may be some deep-seated emotional reason which has to be dealt with before your eating habits normalize.
    要使饮食习惯正常，你也许要先处理好一些根深蒂固的情感问题。
21. She offered him emotional and practical support in countless ways
    她以数不清的方式给予了他情感上和实质上的支持。
22. Often there are emotional reasons paralleling the financial ones
    往往情感方面的原因和经济方面原因同时存在。
23. Other daughters, faced with their mother's emotional hunger, pull away
    面对母亲的情感渴求，其他几个女儿都疏远了她。
24. What the hell do I want with an emotional retard?
    和一个感情用事的傻瓜在一起，我究竟是图什么？
25. I've been on an emotional roller-coaster since I've been here
    自从我到了这里，情绪就起伏不定。
26. He was able to sever all emotional bonds to his family.
    他切断了和家人的所有感情纽带。
27. I am not an emotional type and so cannot bring myself to tell him I love him
    我不是一个感情外露的人，因此不会主动告诉他我爱他。
28. You are currently in a muddle where financial and emotional concerns are tangled together.
    你眼下头脑不清了，对于金钱和感情的忧虑交织在了一起。
29. The conductor brought home the full thrust of the work's emotional resolution.
    指挥将该作品情感上的毅然决然这一主旨充分表现了出来。
30. His work emphasised the emotional as well as the physical well-being of children.
    他的工作不仅重视孩子们的身体健康，同时也关注他们的情感健康。

  emotive emotional【导航词义：激起感情的】

  emotive adj. 激起感情的，有感染力的

〔辨析〕指人或事物能够激起他人强烈感情的。

  emotional adj. 激起感情的；情绪激动的

〔辨析〕指激起强烈感情的或某人感情冲动的，作后者解时常含贬义。

adj

1. (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
   1. he would become emotional over nothing at all
   2. she was worked up about all the noise

   Synonym:    arousedexcitedworked up

2. of more than usual emotion
   1. his behavior was highly emotional

3. determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
   1. it was an emotional judgment

4. of or pertaining to emotion
   1. emotional health
   2. an emotional crisis