belonging

/bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /bɪˈlɔːŋɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /bi-ˈlȯŋ-iŋ bē-/ (ame, mw)

belonging — 名詞

1. the warm feeling you get when others in a group treat you as one of them, so you

1.名詞B2
釋義

歸屬感

在團體中被接納、感到自在的感覺

the warm feeling you get when others in a group treat you as one of them, so you feel safe, valued, and at ease being yourself around them.

例句

Joining the school choir gave Mei a strong sense of belonging.

加入學校合唱團讓 Mei 有了強烈的歸屬感。

collocation: a (strong) sense of belonging

After three lonely months in Berlin, Quinn finally found a feeling of belonging at the climbing gym.

在柏林孤單地度過三個月後，Quinn 終於在攀岩館找到了歸屬感。

collocation: a feeling of belonging

同義詞
  • acceptance

    focuses on being approved by the group; 'belonging' adds the warm feeling of fitting in

  • inclusion

    more formal; describes the act of being included rather than the inner feeling

  • fellowship

    stresses friendly companionship, often in religious or club contexts

反義詞
  • alienation

    the painful feeling of being cut off from a group

  • isolation

    physical or social separateness, with or without the emotional pain

文法句型

a sense of belonging

feeling of belonging

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable and almost always paired with 'a sense of' or 'a feeling of' — the bare noun 'belonging' on its own is rare outside academic or HR writing about inclusion.

常見錯誤

❌I have many belongings to this team.
✅I have a strong sense of belonging to this team.
💡the singular emotional noun needs 'a sense / feeling of'; plural 'belongings' means personal possessions, a different word.