Apathetic
Apathetic 是一个形容词。形容一个人对周围发生的事情毫无兴趣,甚至懒得去投票或表达观点。
- Young people are often accused of being apathetic about politics. (年轻人常被指责对政治漠不关心。)
- He became increasingly apathetic after losing his job. (失业后,他变得越来越消沉冷淡。)
- The crowd remained apathetic despite the speaker’s emotional plea. (尽管演讲者声泪俱下地恳求,听众依然无动于衷。)
- 词根:
-path-(情感,如 sympathy, passion) - 前缀:
a-(无,非) - 后缀:
-etic(形容词后缀) - 含义:没有情感的。
记:a- (无) + path (同情心/感情)。一个没有感情的人就是 apathetic 的。
In a world full of suffering, it is easy to become apathetic as a defense mechanism. (在一个充满苦难的世界里,为了自我保护,人们很容易变得冷漠。)