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half-hearted adj.缺乏热情的；半心半意的 (1) 半心半意。 If you're a half-hearted member of your school marching band, you're not very excited about playing your tuba during halftime at football games. You might show up for awkward family dinners with your strange cousins, but you don't look forward to it and you can't wait until it's over. You're a half-hearted participant, and when your weird relatives leave, you probably give a half-hearted wave goodbye. The word can also be spelled "halfhearted."

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英 [hɑːf 'hɑːtɪd] 美 [hæf 'hɑːtɪd] (1) He did his work with half a heart. Use the adjective half-hearted to describe someone whose heart is not really in what they are doing. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]半心半意的；不热心的 If someone does something in a half-hearted way, they do it without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm. Joanna had made one or two half-hearted attempts to befriend Graham's young wife.乔安娜曾有一两次敷衍着去帮助格雷厄姆年轻的妻子。...a half-hearted apology...不诚挚的道歉In truth, her application was a bit half-hearted.事实上，她并没有尽力申请。half-heartedlyI can't do anything half-heartedly. I have to do everything 100 per cent.我从不敷衍了事。我做事从来都是十分认真的。

英语单词	half-hearted
英美音标	英 [hɑːf 'hɑːtɪd] 美 [hæf 'hɑːtɪd]
中文释义	adj.缺乏热情的；半心半意的
英语例句	(1) He did his work with half a heart.
中文例句	(1) 半心半意。
vocabulary简明	Use the adjective half-hearted to describe someone whose heart is not really in what they are doing.
vocabulary扩展	If you're a half-hearted member of your school marching band, you're not very excited about playing your tuba during halftime at football games. You might show up for awkward family dinners with your strange cousins, but you don't look forward to it and you can't wait until it's over. You're a half-hearted participant, and when your weird relatives leave, you probably give a half-hearted wave goodbye. The word can also be spelled "halfhearted."
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]半心半意的；不热心的 If someone does something in a half-hearted way, they do it without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm. Joanna had made one or two half-hearted attempts to befriend Graham's young wife. 乔安娜曾有一两次敷衍着去帮助格雷厄姆年轻的妻子。 ...a half-hearted apology... 不诚挚的道歉 In truth, her application was a bit half-hearted. 事实上，她并没有尽力申请。 half-heartedly I can't do anything half-heartedly. I have to do everything 100 per cent. 我从不敷衍了事。我做事从来都是十分认真的。

Half Hearted I 英 Hɑːf Hɑːtɪd] 美 Hæf Hɑːtɪd Adj.缺乏热情的；半心半意的