英语词汇“apathy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Use the noun apathy when someone isn't interested in the important things that are happening. You might feel apathy for the political process after watching candidates bicker tediously with one another.

Although apathy is a lazy-sounding word indicating a lack of interest, action, or emotion, it has traveled through many languages to arrive in English. From the Greek apatheia, "freedom from suffering" or "impassibility," apathy has existed in English since the 17th century. Not just one person, but a whole segment of the population can be accused of inaction or emotional detachment: the expressions voter apathy, student apathy, and consumer apathy show just how unenthusiastic groups of people can be.

WORD FAMILY

apathy: apathetic, apathies+/apathetic: apathetically

USAGE EXAMPLES

But they are also a sign of regional apathy.

The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016)

The Seattle Freeze’ is that look of indifference and apathy that says, ‘you just keep to yourself and I’ll keep to myself.’

Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016)

Since a union was first mooted a few years ago, the idea has been met with apathy from the public and the fighters at large.

The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016)

1n an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

Hypo|Hyper

emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality

apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

languor, lassitude, listlessness

a feeling of lack of interest or energy

feeling

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

2n the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

Syn|Hyper

indifference, numbness, spiritlessness

passiveness, passivity

the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative

单词	apathy
释义	apathy (once / 1190 pages) n Use the noun apathy when someone isn't interested in the important things that are happening. You might feel apathy for the political process after watching candidates bicker tediously with one another. Although apathy is a lazy-sounding word indicating a lack of interest, action, or emotion, it has traveled through many languages to arrive in English. From the Greek apatheia, "freedom from suffering" or "impassibility," apathy has existed in English since the 17th century. Not just one person, but a whole segment of the population can be accused of inaction or emotional detachment: the expressions voter apathy, student apathy, and consumer apathy show just how unenthusiastic groups of people can be. WORD FAMILY apathy: apathetic, apathies+/apathetic: apathetically USAGE EXAMPLES But they are also a sign of regional apathy. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) The Seattle Freeze’ is that look of indifference and apathy that says, ‘you just keep to yourself and I’ll keep to myself.’ Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) Since a union was first mooted a few years ago, the idea has been met with apathy from the public and the fighters at large. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) 1n an absence of emotion or enthusiasm Hypo\|Hyper emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions languor, lassitude, listlessness a feeling of lack of interest or energy feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states 2n the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally Syn\|Hyper indifference, numbness, spiritlessness passiveness, passivity the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
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