It seems more to the point to think of it as something emotive - as the expression of a mood.

或许我们应当把它视作某种感性的体验，一种情绪的表达。

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High frequency pulsed sounds might be used for echolocation, and low frequency time continuous signals related with communication and emotive state expression.

高频脉冲信号可能与回声定位有关，而低频连续信号可能与通信和情感表达有关。

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Now we have neo-modernism which embraces a less rigid, more emotive expression of modernist.

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