| 词组 | emote |
| 释义 | emote The verb emote was coined as a back-formation of the noun emotion in the early 20th century. From the first, its use has tended to be something less than entirely serious: • And you let me sit there and emote all over the place —Megrue & Hackett, It Pays to Advertise, 1917 (OED Supplement) The basic meaning of emote is "to express emotion." Its most familiar use is undoubtedly in humorously or deprecatingly describing the work of actors: • A Method actor can sit on a stage, feeling deeply and emoting strangely, but it's no good if the audience hasn't the faintest idea of what is going on —Carol Tavris, Harper's, January 1983 It is also used in a similar way to describe theatrical behavior by nonactors: • Remember, this is politics; it doesn't have to make sense so long as you emote instead of asking questions —Russell Baker, N.Y. Times, 8 May 1976 Uses of emote without humorous or deprecating connotations are relatively uncommon, but we do encounter them from time to time: • ... there was still room for a talented performer to emote with class and style —Horace Sutton, Saturday Rev., 29 Jan. 1972 • Crying, especially on-camera, is considerably more difficult for the actress, but Bob Fosse ... helped her learn to emote —Peter Greenberg, Cosmopolitan, October 1976 Like many another back-formation, emote has met with some disapproval among usage commentators, but because its normal uses are facetious rather than serious, it does not invite strong criticism. Recent commentators (such as Bernstein 1965) have limited their censure to cases in which emote is used without humorous intent. Such usage cannot be called nonstandard, but it is inconsistent with the usual connotations of the word, and you may well want to avoid it for that reason. |
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