apathy

英 [ˈæp.ə.θi]      美 [ˈæp.ə.θi]
  • n. 冷漠,无兴趣,漠不关心;无感情
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1. a- "not, without" + -pathy "feeling".
2. => without feeling.
apathy 冷漠

前缀a-, 无,没有。词根path, 感觉,感情。

apathy (n.)
c. 1600, "freedom from suffering," from French apathie (16c.), from Latin apathia, from Greek apatheia "freedom from suffering, impassability, want of sensation," from apathes "without feeling, without suffering or having suffered," from a- "without" (see a- (3)) + pathos "emotion, feeling, suffering" (see pathos). Originally a positive quality; sense of "indolence of mind, indifference to what should excite" is from c. 1733.
1. Apathy is the long-standing curse of British local democracy.
冷漠是英国地方民主制度长期以来难以推广的祸根。
2. There is widespread apathy among the electorate.
选民普遍态度冷淡。
3. We have been worried about her apathy since her husband died.
她丈夫死后,我们一直为她对一切都持冷漠态度而担忧.
4. He was sunk in apathy after his failure.
他失败后心恢意冷.
5. He has an apathy to food.
他不思饮食.

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