| 词汇 | apathetic |
| 释义 | apathetic adjective uk /ˌæp.əˈθet.ɪk/ us /ˌæp.əˈθet̬.ɪk/ showing no interest or energy and unwilling to take action, especially over something important: 无兴趣的;懈怠的;（尤指对重要事情）漠不关心的，无动于衷的 Young people today are so apathetic about politics.现在的年轻人太不关心政治。 Don't be so apathetic - how are you going to get a job if you don't even start looking?别那么吊儿郎当的，不开始找怎么能找到工作？ unhappy because nothing is interesting boredI’m so bored right now, I might as well just go to bed. bored stiffWe were bored stiff at Nan’s house. bored out of your mindI am bored out of my mind - give me a project to work on! be tired ofI'm tired of all her complaining. weary ofBoth countries are very weary of the conflict and wish for peace. Lacking interest and enthusiasm apathy aridity blah blankly blasé half-heartedly hell incurious incuriously nonchalant nonchalantly nonconcern passionless politely unmotivated unromantically unserious unseriousness vacant your heart isn't in itidiom Examples of apatheticapathetic Similarly, some adolescents may have been depressed or apathetic, and hence unwilling to pursue disagreements. People with dementia are often described as apathetic and lacking in motivation. Others believe that wetland drainage has no impact on flooding or are apathetic about the need to store water. In certain cases, for example, it might be wise for a legislator to side with an intense minority rather than an apathetic majority. Their numerical preponderance strengthened the representation of the politically apathetic against those seeking to bolster labour's autonomy from the state. Higher-achieving patients were less apathetic, with more insight and better premorbid function than those with lower educational levels. Low scores were characterized by apathetic, indifferent, irritable, sarcastic, or denigrating behavior toward the child. With communication impaired, a person can become socially isolated, depressed, or apathetic. Other players - central executive authority officials, legislatures, parents and the general public - were apathetic, apparently not perceiving a problem in need of policy change. Presented with the flood of illicit opium, the colonial government appeared to have been apathetic. Since people were uneducated, they had been left behind by technological change and had become unattached, but they were also apathetic, resigned, and potentially violent. They may appear apathetic and lacking in motivation, or overactive and disinhibited. Long-suffering soldiers, conscious of their struggle and resentful of an apathetic public, reached their own conclusions about what they were fighting for. Moreover, many people remain politically apathetic : 28 per cent said that they were not at all interested in politics or government. Some patients may have a more modest response, such as being less apathetic and becoming more involved in social interactions. 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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