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单词 devil-may-care
释义
devil-may-care
adjective
uk
/ˌdev.əl.meɪˈkeər/us
/ˌdev.əl.meɪˈker/
notconsideringorworryingabout theresultsofyouractions:
不管不顾的，无所顾忌的，无所谓的
He has a devil-may-careattitudetolife.他对自己的生活持一种相当无所谓的态度。
Synonym
happy-go-lucky
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Doing things without fear or proper thought
  • bravado
  • carpe diem
  • daredevil
  • desperado
  • foolhardy
  • hotheadedness
  • impetuous
  • impetuously
  • impetuousness
  • impulsive
  • like there is/was no tomorrowidiom
  • precipitate
  • precipitately
  • rashness
  • reckless
  • recklessly
  • tomorrow
  • trigger-happy
  • unafraid
  • with no thought forsomethingidiom
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(Definition ofdevil-may-carefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdevil-may-care

devil-may-care
It is like eavesdropping on a hushed conversation between brass players, and rather gives the lie to adevil-may-careattitude.
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I had seen thatdevil-may-careself-confidence somewhere before.
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Then lie was a rollicking, careless,devil-may-caresort of fellow; the last idea in his head was thrift.
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He has a soft spot for adventurers, seeing in them the same sort ofdevil-may-careheroes he himself once was.
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He is quick to dismiss subjects that do not interest him and will often carry out his actions with adevil-may-careattitude.
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She had adevil-may-careattitude towards finances, trouble and inconvenience.
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He fascinated everyone, most especially young women, with his frizzy blond curls, blue jeans, anddevil-may-caremanner.
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As a stranger in town, hisdevil-may-careactions show his problems with or ambivalence to adapting to local mores.
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The peony became a masculine motif, associated with adevil-may-careattitude and disregard for consequence.
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He is depicted as a hedonistic,devil-may-caresoldier who discovers hidden ideals and integrity within himself.
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Far from being career-driven professionals, like the kabuki actors, they portrayed themselves as romantic,devil-may-carebohemians.
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It featured adevil-may-carecharacter, a peaceful, violence hating man who attracts trouble wherever he goes.
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