Both Uses of
ambivalent
in
Into Thin Air
- Andy admitted that when Rob had first offered him this Everest job he'd been ambivalent about accepting it:
Chpt 4ambivalent = uncertain (having mixed feelings)
- Although she expressed some ambivalence about the invitation in a letter to Fischer in January, Hunt ultimately accepted the unpaid job and arrived in Nepal at the end of March, eager to contribute to the expedition's success.
Chpt 8 *ambivalence = mixed feelings
Definition:
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(ambivalent) having mixed feelings about something -- such as when part of you wants to do something and part of you does not