【apathy】 - AEAS备考词汇

apathy

UK:  ['æpəθi]

US:  ['æpəθi]

n.

1.冷淡,冷漠,麻木

2.冷漠;淡漠

3.无感情,冷淡,漠不关心

4.情感淡漠

5.表情淡漠

6.无感觉

7.无欲状

1 . As if sitting and doing nothing was the best way to break a cycle of apathy.
似乎就这么坐着等着什么也不做，就是改变自己这种没兴趣的状态的最好办法。

2 . By communicating with her and addressing the problem - and not the child - you can work together to stop the cycle of apathy.
通过以对事不对人的态度进行耐心的交流，你就能打破和孩子之间的坚冰。

3 . It is bad enough when trade talks break up in acrimony; how much worse that the Geneva gathering petered out amid complacency and apathy.
贸易谈判在激烈言词中破裂就足够糟糕了，日内瓦会谈在心安理得和冷漠中结束又会更差到哪里去呢？

4 . "From the moment Langbehn and the children arrived at Jackson Memorial Hospital, they encountered prejudice and apathy, " the suit claims.
诉状还称：“从Janice和她的孩子们到达杰克逊纪念医院之后，他们遭遇到偏见与冷漠。”

5 . Curiously, none of this seems to have done a great deal to change Britain's political apathy.
说来奇怪，这些问题并没有为改变英国的政治冷漠起多大的作用。