“变得情绪激动/变得感情用事;开始流露强烈情绪(如想哭、激动、难过等)”。常用于描述一个人从较平静的状态转为明显的情绪反应。也可引申为“在讨论中变得过于感性”。
/bɪˈkʌm ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/
become 源自古英语 becuman(“到来、发生、变成”);emotional 来自拉丁语 emotio(“激动、情感的波动”)及其相关词根(与“被触动、被驱动”有关)。合在一起,become emotional 字面即“变得(更)情绪化/被情绪触动”。
He became emotional when he talked about his mother.
当他谈到母亲时,他变得很激动。
As the ceremony went on, she became increasingly emotional, struggling to finish her speech without crying.
随着仪式继续进行,她情绪越来越激动,努力忍住眼泪把演讲讲完。