词汇 | uninterested |
释义 | uninterested adjective uk /ʌnˈɪn.tres.tɪd/ us /ʌnˈɪn.trɪ.stɪd/ B1 not interested不感兴趣的;冷漠的;不关心的 Bore and bored banal banally be (stuck) in a grooveidiom be watching the clockidiom bend blah boil bore bore the ass off someoneidiom languid languidly listless listlessly listlessness rut tired uncompelling underemployed underwhelm underwhelmed uninterested | American Dictionaryuninterested adjective us/ʌnˈɪn·trə·stəd, -ˈɪnt·əˌres·təd/ not excited or not wanting to become involved: He’s completely uninterested in sports. Examples of uninteresteduninterested In doing so, he prepared the way for his later reputation as a rhetorician uninterested in the new science of modern historiography. He lacked purpose, was uninterested in voluntary work, and increasingly spent his time bored at home. Where the mediator is chosen, therefore, the equally uninterested will be preferred (other things being equal) to the equally interested. Newspapers can afford to offer stories with limited appeal, since uninterested consumers can simply skip them. It is important not to exaggerate the influence of unions in other sectors, since most remained uninterested in or unaware of the port issue. It helps make the book a pleasurable read, and worth owning even for someone previously uninterested in its subject. At the very top, union leaders were generally uninterested in better working conditions, focusing instead on winning higher wages and benefits. Before 1866, this elite had been uninterested in responding to sustained public sentiments. Neo-patrimonial rulers are likely to be uninterested in, or even strongly opposed to, bureaucratic reforms that threaten their control of patronage and self-enrichment. Local officials remained basically uninterested in state politics, except insofar as state budgets affected them. Initially uninterested in moving pictures, his aspiration was to embark in serious, dramatic performances on stage and to decline comedic roles. Business interviewees repeatedly stated that business had refused to give up in the face of uninterested governments, lethargic bureaucracies and insular labour unions. Twenty-five were uninterested in the game, produced too few attempted imitations, or lost interest during the 4 weeks of the experiment. Uninterested voters now number more than 2,000, rendering the power issue moot. They are typically uninterested in treating pain or coping with pain nonpharmacologically. 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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