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单词 accidie
释义

accidie

/ˈaksɪdi /
noun [mass noun] literary
Spiritual or mental sloth; apathy.What Karnezis is good at - no, what he's outstanding at - is evoking the yawning despair and accidie that crawl over his characters....
  • However, a few months on Rousay cured him of the notion and he retreated back to London - ‘to accidie, ennui and bilious conversations in the Groucho Club’.
  • Every Friday night, car stereo blaring, he and Dan would screech to a halt on the gravel, Dan sweet but quiet, Tim snarling with urban accidie.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin accidia, alteration of acedia. Obsolete after the 16th century, the term was revived in the late 19th century.

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