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callous adj.麻木的；无情的；硬结的；起老茧的 (1) 那些冷酷无情的电脑病毒编写者们现在开始在全英范围内传播一种新的病毒程序，这次他们选用的题材便是刚刚发生的伦敦连环爆炸案。 Callous comes from the Latin root callum for hard skin. If you walk barefoot a lot, your feet will become calloused. We usually use callous in the metaphorical sense for emotionally hardened. If someone is unmoved by other people's problems, you might say he shows a callous indifference to human suffering.

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英 ['kæləs] 美 ['kæləs] (1) Callous virus writers are using the London bomb attacks to spread a malicious program on computers across the country. A callous person is insensitive or emotionally hardened. If you laugh at your little sister while she's trying to show you her poetry, you're being callous. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无情的；冷漠的；狠心的 A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings. ...his callous disregard for human life.他对人命的漠视callousness...the callousness of Raymond's murder.雷蒙德谋杀案中透出的残忍callouslyHe is accused of consistently and callously ill-treating his wife.他被指控一直虐待妻子，下手狠毒。

英语单词	callous
英美音标	英 ['kæləs] 美 ['kæləs]
中文释义	adj.麻木的；无情的；硬结的；起老茧的
英语例句	(1) Callous virus writers are using the London bomb attacks to spread a malicious program on computers across the country.
中文例句	(1) 那些冷酷无情的电脑病毒编写者们现在开始在全英范围内传播一种新的病毒程序，这次他们选用的题材便是刚刚发生的伦敦连环爆炸案。
vocabulary简明	A callous person is insensitive or emotionally hardened. If you laugh at your little sister while she's trying to show you her poetry, you're being callous.
vocabulary扩展	Callous comes from the Latin root callum for hard skin. If you walk barefoot a lot, your feet will become calloused. We usually use callous in the metaphorical sense for emotionally hardened. If someone is unmoved by other people's problems, you might say he shows a callous indifference to human suffering.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无情的；冷漠的；狠心的 A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings. ...his callous disregard for human life. 他对人命的漠视 callousness ...the callousness of Raymond's murder. 雷蒙德谋杀案中透出的残忍 callously He is accused of consistently and callously ill-treating his wife. 他被指控一直虐待妻子，下手狠毒。

Callous Person Emotionally Hardened Shows Human 英 Kæləs] 美