[] a measure of how people, especially investors or financial experts, feel about the economy, especially about whether it will get better （对经济前景的）信心◆a decline in business sentiment 商业信心下滑◆Sentiment in the market was improved by some good results. 市场信心因一些良好的业绩而得到改善。◆Rising oil prices depressed sentiment among consumers. 上涨的油价抑制了消费者的信心。SYNconfidence ➡consumer confidence ⨁business / investor / market sentiment 商业／投资者／市场信心⨁to boost / improve / / lift sentiment 提高／改进／提升信心⨁to damage / depress / hit / hurt / undermine sentiment 损害／压抑／打击／损害／破坏信心⨁bearish / bullish / positive / negative sentiment 市场气氛看淡的／看涨的／积极的／消极的心态
[, ]what a group of people feel or think about sth 观点；看法◆Sentiment about the new CEO was very mixed. 人们对新任首席执行官的看法褒贬不一。◆He said that the union should be doing more to help them and other workers echoed this sentiment. 他声称工会应该给予他们更多的帮助，其他工人也同意这一看法。