| 单词 | with half a heart |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith half a heart (b) with half a heart: with divided affection or enthusiasm; without full commitment; half-heartedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > lukewarmly or unenthusiastically lukely1340 faintlyc1440 slightly1599 with half a heart1600 heartlessly1606 lukewarmly1611 disaffectedly1646 half-heartedly1870 unzealously1871 tepidly1873 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adverb] > half-heartedly faintingly1576 faint-heartedly1580 with half a heart1600 half-heartedly1870 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Epil. sig. Riiiv Pale Inuasion come with halfe a heart When he but lookes vpon her [sc. Britain's] blessed Soile. View more context for this quotation 1703 Apol. for Rom. Catholics 21 I would sooner say my Prayers at Tyburn, than accept of an Office which I should only serve with half a heart. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 587 Some naval officers..though they served the new government, served it sullenly and with half a heart. 1948 G. Greene Heart of Matter iii. i. 187 He laughed with half a heart and said, ‘For once I wasn't thinking of you.’ 1993 New York 31 May 99/6 Townsend plays a mild young black actor who is auditioning, with half a heart, to play a pimp. He withdraws into reveries. < as lemmas |
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