| 词汇 | half-hearted |
| 释义 | half-hearted adjective (alsohalfhearted, half hearted)uk /ˌhɑːfˈhɑː.tɪd/ us /ˌhæfˈhɑːr.t̬ɪd/ showing no enthusiasm or interest: 不热情的;兴趣不大的 half-hearted attemptHe made a half-hearted attempt to clear up the rubbish.他不大情愿地去清扫垃圾。 Efforts to address the problem were half-hearted. She gave only halfhearted support to my ideas. The team put in a rather half hearted performance. Synonyms lukewarm tepid This half-hearted approach is unlikely to get results. He tried to help in a halfhearted sort of way. There is no point in being half-hearted about change — you have to commit. Enforcement of the rules was half-hearted at best. She tried to smile, but it was half hearted. Lacking interest and enthusiasm apathetic apathy aridity blah blankly half-heartedly hell incurious incuriously nonchalant nonchalantly nonconcern passionless politely unmotivated unromantically unserious unseriousness vacant your heart isn't in itidiom Related wordhalf-heartedly half-hearted | American Dictionaryhalf-hearted adjective us/ˈhæf ˈhɑr·tɪd/ showing a lack of enthusiasm: He made a half-hearted attempt to keep up with us, but soon fell back. Examples of half-heartedhalf-hearted There are no things, only words, motifs, tropes, and half-hearted aspirations after something that never even existed. Or was he ambivalent, half-hearted and unduly cautious? Yet, even in this context, universities have only made half-hearted attempts to engage with the philosophical, conceptual, pedagogical and organizational basis of immersion teacher education. Although these renewed efforts at control were no more effective than the half-hearted ones that preceded them, their impact on individual lives was often disastrous. The problems to be overcome are shown to remain the same: ephemeral urban policy, half-hearted political will and polarized party politics. Policies towards private indigenous businessmen have been half-hearted because the ruling group has often seen them as potential rivals for power. The conclusion is that, at worst, the minimum wage is a mistake and, at best, something to be half-hearted about. But at the outset his deeds are only the wishes and fears of the average undistinguished man translated into half-hearted action. In the first five-year period after the war there was a half-hearted revival, but this did not succeed in reaching the earlier maximum levels. Many of his other works are sprinkled with half-hearted incognitos. The achievement of this goal has been marred by colonial dependence, teachers' attitudes, half-hearted policy-makers and a fever for literary education divorced from the local context (p. 212). I think that the present attitude will be that it can only be half-hearted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that a rather half-hearted offer of student participation is likely to create a notion of hypocrisy and humbug. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But if they belie those words, one is tempted sometimes to wonder if an open enemy would not be better than a half-hearted friend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I submit that they are half-hearted, and bear the stamp of political calculation based on that principle of essential minimum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of half-hearted These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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