每日一词 133 sentiment

133 sentiment

基础篇：meaning: an opinion or feeling you have about something

Popular sentiment is on the side of economic reform. 

进阶篇：可作可数名词, 亦可作不可数名词，意思是“情绪，观点”。

popular/ public sentiment 大众意见，其他情况下多为可数名词使用，比较正式，可以替换feeling, opinion, view. 英文演讲、辩论、议论文写作的必备单词。

应用篇：

1）绝大部分的民众支持经济改革

a. The majority of people support economic reform. 

b. Most people are in favor of economic reform. 

c. Public opinion favors economic reform. 

我们可以用 popular/public sentiment 改写：

Popular/ public sentiment is on the side of the economic reform.

sentiments 前经常会加上anti, 比如 anti-American/ anti-Muslim 等

A  few years ago China saw a great wave of anti-Japanese sentiments. (前几年国内有一波很强的反日情绪)

Trump's anti-immigrant sentiments are shared by some Americans.  特朗普代表了一部分美国的反移民情绪。

《经济学人》用例

More broadly, there is grumbling in the Hindutva camp that he has not championed their agenda energetically enough. This includes education "reform" (to inculcate stronger national sentiment and emphasize Hindu identity).

"Business is no longer business as usual," says R. Mukundan, chief executive of Tata Chemicals, part of another Indian conglomerate based in Mumbai (a city that was the victim of an epic deluge around the time of Maria.)  Some creditors, investors and insurers murmur similar sentiments. 

应用篇：

1）翻译：最近发生在基督城的大规模枪击案反映出来新西兰令人忧虑的反穆斯林情绪。

Recent mass shootings in Christchurch have reflected the troubling anti-Muslim sentiments in New Zealand. 

2) 造句：1859年当横滨港口对外开放时，日本人的排外情绪很严重。

The wave of anti-foreign sentiment swept Japan when the port of Yokohama was officially opened in 1859.