午餐时的气氛是轻松的。

The atmosphere at lunch was relaxed.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我们都没久留。我是说，气氛不是–嗯，你懂我的意思。

None of us stayed long. I mean, the atmosphere wasn't – well, you know what I mean.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

整个会场的气氛是沉闷的。

The overall mood of the meeting was downbeat.

《牛津词典》

So Empson says, Well, atmosphere, ; certainly that exists and we can talk about it in all sorts of ways; but after all, what is the use of atmosphere?

所以，Empson就说，气氛这种东西嘛，当然是存在的，我们可以用千千万万种方法来探讨它;,但是，所谓“气氛“有何作用呢？

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