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apathy n.冷漠 (1) 他对任何事情都很冷淡。(2) 公众的冷漠使他灰心丧气。 Although apathy is a lazy-sounding word indicating a lack of interest, action, or emotion, it has traveled through many languages to arrive in English. From the Greek apatheia, "freedom from suffering" or "impassibility," apathy has existed in English since the 17th century. Not just one person, but a whole segment of the population can be accused of inaction or emotional detachment: the expressions voter apathy, student apathy, and consumer apathy show just how unenthusiastic groups of people can be.

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英 ['æpəθi] 美 ['æpəθi] (1) He shows apathy towards everything.(2) His zeal was damped by the apathy of the public. Use the noun apathy when someone isn't interested in the important things that are happening. You might feel apathy for the political process after watching candidates bicker tediously with one another. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]冷淡；漠然；漠不关心 You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.   [disapproval]They told me about isolation and public apathy.他们向我谈到了孤立无助和公众的冷漠。...the political apathy and emotional uncertainty of young Americans.美国年轻人对政治的漠不关心和情感上的多变

英语单词	apathy
英美音标	英 ['æpəθi] 美 ['æpəθi]
中文释义	n.冷漠
英语例句	(1) He shows apathy towards everything. (2) His zeal was damped by the apathy of the public.
中文例句	(1) 他对任何事情都很冷淡。 (2) 公众的冷漠使他灰心丧气。
vocabulary简明	Use the noun apathy when someone isn't interested in the important things that are happening. You might feel apathy for the political process after watching candidates bicker tediously with one another.
vocabulary扩展	Although apathy is a lazy-sounding word indicating a lack of interest, action, or emotion, it has traveled through many languages to arrive in English. From the Greek apatheia, "freedom from suffering" or "impassibility," apathy has existed in English since the 17th century. Not just one person, but a whole segment of the population can be accused of inaction or emotional detachment: the expressions voter apathy, student apathy, and consumer apathy show just how unenthusiastic groups of people can be.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]冷淡；漠然；漠不关心 You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything. [disapproval] They told me about isolation and public apathy. 他们向我谈到了孤立无助和公众的冷漠。 ...the political apathy and emotional uncertainty of young Americans. 美国年轻人对政治的漠不关心和情感上的多变

Apathy Interested Political Emotional 英 æpəθi] 美 æpəθi N.冷漠