AEE 2551: Embrace Both Meanings of this Useful English Word

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羽qiu之梦

2026.1.20

或者兄弟姐妹争吵后拥抱了，但只是因为他们爸爸要求他们这样做。其实，十次里有九次，你都会直接说 "hug"，不是吗？确实。我是说，我觉得 "embrace" 更像是一种戏剧性的拥抱。对。非常戏剧性的拥抱。就像……我觉得。对，关于那对恋人拥抱的例子，对吧？那个……是的。在歌曲里你也可能听到它，用来代替 "hug"。 "Hug" 有点太随意了，对吧？
"Embrace" 更可能用在歌曲、诗歌中，当我们想提升某种体验时。没错。所以，我的意思是，是的，表示 "embrace" 的其他说法可以是 "hug"，就像我们说的，或者 "cuddle" 也算是一种拥抱。因为 "embrace" 不一定是……我正在给你一个拥抱，而 "embrace" 更像是一种全然的环抱。也许我是……
依偎着你。也许我在抱着你，等等。所以，是的，hug、cuddle、hold。你会听到的其他词。对，喜欢这个。所以这是 "embrace" 的第一个意思。但还有别的吗？Michelle，我们完全是在转换意思了。
电影中那对恋人吵架后拥抱了彼此。对。
或者兄弟姐妹争吵后拥抱了，但只是因为他们爸爸要求他们这样做。其实，十次里有九次，你都会直接说 "hug"，不是吗？确实。我是说，我觉得 "embrace" 更像是一种戏剧性的拥抱。对。非常戏剧性的拥抱。就像……我觉得。对，关于那对恋人拥抱的例子，对吧？那个……是的。在歌曲里你也可能听到它，用来代替 "hug"。 "Hug" 有点太随意了，对吧？
"Embrace" 更可能用在歌曲、诗歌中，当我们想提升某种体验时。没错。所以，我的意思是，是的，表示 "embrace" 的其他说法可以是 "hug"，就像我们说的，或者 "cuddle" 也算是一种拥抱。

羽qiu之梦

2026.1.20

This is an All Ears English podcast episode 2551. Embrace both meanings of this useful English word.
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Hey, Lindsey, how are you? Awesome. Michelle, how's everything going for you? Everything is good over here. Lindsay, have you embraced wide-leg pants yet? I have not. Michelle, I can't get there. I just can't get there. I don't think they're flattering on me.

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2026.1.20

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羽qiu之梦:有的，我每一集都会发的

羽qiu之梦

2026.1.20

这是 All Ears English 播客第 2551 期。掌握这个实用英语单词的两个含义。
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你知道 "embrace" 这个词在英语中今天可以表示几个不同的意思吗？了解其中的细微差别以及如何在不同的语境中使用。另外，美国不同地区对衰老和美丽的看法有何不同？今天就来了解一下。
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嘿，Lindsey，你好吗？很棒。Michelle，你一切都好吗？我这边一切都好。Lindsay，你接受阔腿裤了吗？我还没有。Michelle，我做不到。我就是做不到。我觉得它们穿在我身上不好看。
是的，我还是喜欢直筒裤。不一定是紧身的那种，但绝对是直筒裤。对。有意思，其实我妈妈，她度假时看到大家都穿阔腿裤。然后她告诉我，我觉得我需要，我觉得我需要这么做。所以她现在经常穿阔腿裤，非常酷，非常时髦，非常时尚。我还没完全……我确实有几条阔腿裤，但有时我觉得它们很棒，有时又觉得……不太确定。通常我赶潮流都很晚。就像我直到紧身牛仔裤流行的最后三年才接受它们。所以……现在你又无法脱身了。是啊。我们今天要聊什么？对。今天我们要谈谈 "embrace" 这个词，因为在我之前和 Aubrey 做的一期节目中稍微提到了它。那是第 2537 期，关于"用这些节日短语动词温暖起来"。所以大家，如果感兴趣的话，听完这期可以去听听那期。
是这样的，我们当时在聊这个词。它实际上是偶然出现的。
因为 Aubrey 说她不喜欢那些充气装饰品，对吧？然后她说她或许应该接受它们。我开了个玩笑，因为我说，听起来像是，哦，你是说我应该跑过去拥抱它们。因为她说的 "embrace" 意思是，我应该接受它们，我应该享受它们，是的，但不知怎么的，这让我觉得她是在说，哦，我应该走到它们面前拥抱它们。
没错，因为 "embrace" 确实有几个不同的含义，对吧？所以我们觉得这会是将来的一个好节目话题。所以今天我们就要来谈谈这个。我喜欢这个话题。但开始之前，Michelle，我想提醒我们的听众，如果你们想让 2026 年成为你们的词汇年，使用 All Ears English 的第一选择实际上是在我们的应用中，我们的 iOS 或 Android 应用。为什么这么说呢，Michelle？哦，天哪。这个应用有太多优点。其中我真正喜欢的一点是，
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试试 7 天免费高级试用。你可以永远免费收听。但如果你确实想要那些强化列表和文字稿，你可以进行 7 天免费试用。所以请访问 allearsenglish.com/app。好的，太棒了。那么，Michelle，我们来分解一下这个词。那么 "embrace" 有哪些含义呢？好的，嗯，一个意思是拥抱，或者用某种方式，你知道，更字面地环抱某物。
这就是我开玩笑的原因，因为听起来像是她应该跑过去拥抱这些装饰品，但她不是那个意思。不过这想法其实挺有趣的，对吧？是的，是的。我现在正在想象 Aubrey 那样做。但是，"embrace" 是 "hug" 的一种更正式的说法，对吧？嗯，是的。你可能在 fancy 的爱情小说之类的地方听到或读到它。例如，电影中那对恋人吵架后拥抱了彼此。对。

羽qiu之梦

2026.1.20

Yep, I'm still into the straight leg. Not skinny so much, but straight leg all the way. Yeah. Nice. Yeah. It's funny, my mom actually, she was on vacation and she saw everybody was wearing wide-leg pants. And then she told me, "I think I need, I think I need to do it too." So now she wears a lot of wide-leg pants and it's very cool, very hip, very trendy. I haven't quite. I do have some wide-leg pants, but sometimes I feel really good about them and then sometimes I feel... I don't know about this. Usually I'm really late to trends. Like I didn't adopt skinny jeans until like the last three years of skinny jeans. So... And now you can't get out. Yeah. What are we getting into today? Yeah. Today we're going to talk about this word "embrace" because this came up in an episode I did with Aubrey a little bit ago. It was episode 2537 about "Cozy Up with These Holiday Phrasal Verbs". So guys, head on over to that after this if you're interested in that.
So we were talking about the word. It actually came up in a totally random way.
Because Aubrey was saying she doesn't like those blow-up decorations, right? And then she said she should probably embrace them. And I kind of made a joke because I'm like, that sounds like, "Oh, you're saying I should go up and hug them." And because she meant embrace as in "I should accept them, I should enjoy them," yes, but something about it made me think that she was saying, "Oh, I should go up to them and hug them."

羽qiu之梦

2026.1.20

Or the siblings embraced after their argument, but only because their dad made them. I mean, really, nine times out of ten, you would just say "hug", wouldn't you? Exactly. Yeah. I mean, "embrace" is more like, I feel, "embrace" is like a dramatic hug. Yeah. Like a very dramatic hug. Like, so you would, I think. Yeah, this one about the two lovers embracing, right? That. Yeah. You might hear it in songs too, instead of the word "hug" in a song. "Hug" is kind of unceremonious, right? "Embrace" is more likely to be used in songs and poetry and when we're elevating an experience. Exactly. So I mean, yeah, other ways to say "embrace" could be "hug" like we said or "cuddle" is also kind of an embrace. "Embrace" doesn't have to be about giving a quick hug; an embrace is like this all-encompassing thing. Maybe I'm snuggling with you. Maybe I'm holding you. So yeah, hug, cuddle, hold. Other words you would hear. Yeah. Love that. So that's the first meaning of "embrace". But then what else? Michelle, we're totally changing the meaning here.

羽qiu之梦

2026.1.20

That's true because there are a couple of different meanings of "embrace", right? So we decided this would be a really good episode topic. So we're going to talk about it today. I love it. But before we get into it, Michelle, I want to remind our listeners, guys, if you want to make 2026 your year for vocabulary, the number one way to consume All Ears English is actually inside our app, our iOS or Android app. And why is that, Michelle? Oh my gosh. Well, there are so many great things about this app. One of the things that I really love is that you can watch the transcript in real time and also you get a personalized vocabulary power list. So you're going to get definitions for words, be able to save those words. There's just really a lot of benefits to having this app. Absolutely. And the other cool thing about the app is that there are no outside ads from other companies. It's all just our voices on that app. So guys, if you want a better way to listen to the show, go over to allearsenglish.com/app. Try the 7-day free premium trial. You can listen for free all the time, forever. But if you do want those power lists and transcripts, you can do a 7-day free trial. So go to allearsenglish.com/app. All right, awesome. Let's break it down, Michelle. So what are the meanings of "embrace"? OK, so yeah, so one would be to hug or to somehow, you know, put your arms around something more literally.
That's what the joke was I was making because it sounded like she should run up to these decorations and hug them, but that's not what she meant. But it's actually a pretty funny thought, right? It is. I'm just envisioning Aubrey doing that right now. But it's a more formal way to say hug, right? "Embrace". Yeah, it is. You might hear it in like a fancy romance novel or something. Or read it. For example, the two lovers embraced in the film after they had a fight. Yeah.

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