ambivalent connotation crisis preparedness a mixed blessing in someone's book
────────────────────────────── ambivalent, （…に対して）相反する感情を持つ ────────────────────────────── If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
ex) She remained ambivalent about her marriage.
────────────────────────────── connotation, 言外の意味、含蓄 ────────────────────────────── The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of.
ex) It's just one of those words that's got so many negative connotations.
Having a beautiful girl friend is a mixed blessing. She's so popular with other men that I can't stop worrying. 恋人が美人なのも痛しかゆしだ。男にもてるから始終心配していなければならない。
────────────────────────────── in someone's book, …の意見[考え]では ────────────────────────────── Mobile Phone Distractions (2)より
You can say 'in my book' when you are starting your own belief or opinion, especially when it is different from the beliefs or opinions of other people.
ex) I wanted him to call the police. In my book a violent woman's just as dangerous as a violent man.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Mobile Phone Distractions (6) 8/10-11 2007"
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