• n. 敵意；意圖；基本態度；女性的男性意向

來自詞根anim, 呼吸，風，靈魂，有生命。該詞指強烈的感情，詞義發生反轉，強烈的敵對情緒。

animus (n.)

1820, "temper" (usually in a hostile sense), from Latin animus "rational soul, mind, life, mental powers; courage, desire," related to anima "living being, soul, mind, disposition, passion, courage, anger, spirit, feeling," from PIE root *ane- "to blow, to breathe" (cognates: Greek anemos "wind," Sanskrit aniti "breathes," Old Irish anal, Welsh anadl "breath," Old Irish animm "soul," Gothic uzanan "to exhale," Old Norse anda "to breathe," Old English eeian "to breathe," Old Church Slavonic vonja "smell, breath," Armenian anjn "soul"). It has no plural. As a term in Jungian psychology for the masculine component of a feminine personality, it dates from 1923.

1. Your animus towards him suggests that you are the wrong man for the job.

你對他有看法表明你不是這份工作的合適人選。

來自柯林斯例句

2. When you have an animus against a person, you should give it up.

當你對別人懷有敵意時, 你應當放棄這種想法.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Like the anima, the animus too has a positive aspect.

阿尼姆斯也像阿尼瑪一樣有一個積極的方面.

來自互聯網

4. His criticisms are clearly colored by animus.

批判明顯帶有敵意.

來自互聯網

5. The wartime animus of the two nations subsided into mutual distrust when peace finally came.

當和平最終來臨時這兩個民族間戰時的敵意消退為彼此的不信任.

來自互聯網