Word · Frequency #19087
apathetic
无动于衷的；冷漠的；缺乏兴趣的
showing little or no emotion or interest; indifferent
- 1.
Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
无感情的；不易动情的。
- 2.
showing little or no emotion or animation
表现出很少或没有情感或活力
- 3.
Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
冷漠神论的；与冷漠神论有关的。
- 4.
marked by a lack of interest
表现出缺乏兴趣
情感淡漠的；无情感反应的；无感情的；不易动情的。；表现出很少或没有情感或活力；冷漠神论的；与冷漠神论有关的。；表现出缺乏兴趣
In use
He felt apathetic about the whole project and couldn't summon any enthusiasm.
The teacher was frustrated by her students' apathetic attitude toward the exam.
Don't be so apathetic—show some interest in what your friends are saying.
a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older
an apathetic audience
be apathetic about sth
常用介词 about 表示对某事无动于衷。
Many voters are apathetic about the election.
许多选民对选举漠不关心。
become/grow apathetic (toward sth)
表示逐渐变得冷漠，toward 可省略。
Connections
Collocations
- apathetic toward
- 对……冷漠的；对……无动于衷的
- Many young people feel apathetic toward politics.许多年轻人对政治感到冷漠。
- apathetic electorate
- 冷漠的选民群体
- The policy failed because it faced an apathetic electorate.这项政策失败是因为面对的是冷漠的选民群体。
- apathetic attitude
- 冷漠的态度；无动于衷的态度
- His apathetic attitude annoyed his classmates.他冷漠的态度让同学们很恼火。
- politically apathetic
- 政治上冷漠的；对政治不关心的
- She described herself as politically apathetic.她说自己政治上很冷漠。
- apathetic response
- 无动于衷的回应；冷淡的反应
- The charity appeal received an apathetic response from the public.这则慈善呼吁得到的公众回应十分冷淡。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把它拆成 a（无）+ pathet（感情）+ ic，想象一个面无表情的人：对喜怒哀乐都无感，就是‘无动于衷’。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：politics、workplace、education 这个词通常用于描述某人缺乏兴趣或热情，多出现在书面或正式讨论中，日常口语也会使用但略显正式。具体场合如谈论对政治、工作或学习的态度时，用中性表述比较自然。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with apathetic, sharing the stressed ending /ɛtɪk/. Beware of the related noun 'apathy' /əˈpæθi/, which looks similar but has a different stressed vowel and does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.