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单词 apathetic
释义
apathetic
adjective
uk
/ˌæp.əˈθet.ɪk/us
/ˌæp.əˈθet̬.ɪk/
showingnointerestorenergyandunwillingto takeaction,especiallyover somethingimportant:
无兴趣的；懈怠的；（尤指对重要事情）漠不关心的，无动于衷的
Youngpeopletoday are so apatheticaboutpolitics.现在的年轻人太不关心政治。
Don't be so apathetic - how are you going to get ajobif you don'tevenstartlooking?别那么吊儿郎当的，不开始找怎么能找到工作？
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lacking interest and enthusiasm
  • anaemic
  • apathy
  • aridity
  • blah
  • blankly
  • blasé
  • half-hearted
  • half-heartedly
  • hell
  • incurious
  • nonchalant
  • nonchalantly
  • nonconcern
  • passionless
  • politely
  • vacant
  • vacantly
  • world-weariness
  • world-weary
  • yourheart isn't in itidiom
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(Definition ofapatheticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofapathetic

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Similarly, some adolescents may have been depressed orapathetic, and hence unwilling to pursue disagreements.
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People with dementia are often described asapatheticand lacking in motivation.
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Others believe that wetland drainage has no impact on flooding or areapatheticabout the need to store water.
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In certain cases, for example, it might be wise for a legislator to side with an intense minority rather than anapatheticmajority.
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Their numerical preponderance strengthened the representation of the politicallyapatheticagainst those seeking to bolster labour's autonomy from the state.
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Higher-achieving patients were lessapathetic, with more insight and better premorbid function than those with lower educational levels.
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Low scores were characterized byapathetic, indifferent, irritable, sarcastic, or denigrating behavior toward the child.
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With communication impaired, a person can become socially isolated, depressed, orapathetic.
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Other players - central executive authority officials, legislatures, parents and the general public - wereapathetic, apparently not perceiving a problem in need of policy change.
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Presented with the flood of illicit opium, the colonial government appeared to have beenapathetic.
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Since people were uneducated, they had been left behind by technological change and had become unattached, but they were alsoapathetic, resigned, and potentially violent.
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They may appearapatheticand lacking in motivation, or overactive and disinhibited.
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Long-suffering soldiers, conscious of their struggle and resentful of anapatheticpublic, reached their own conclusions about what they were fighting for.
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Moreover, many people remain politicallyapathetic: 28 per cent said that they were not at all interested in politics or government.
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Some patients may have a more modest response, such as being lessapatheticand becoming more involved in social interactions.
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