Word · Frequency #11596
apathy
冷漠；缺乏兴趣；无动于衷
核心释义
Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or emotion; indifference.
- 1.
缺乏情感或动力；对某事物缺乏兴趣或热情；不感兴趣
Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
- 2.
缺乏情感或热情
an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
- 3.
对事物普遍缺乏热情或兴趣的特质
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
缺乏情感或动力；对某事物缺乏兴趣或热情；不感兴趣；缺乏情感或热情；对事物普遍缺乏热情或兴趣的特质；无感情；无兴趣
用法In use
The team's apathy after the defeat was obvious to everyone in the locker room.
用法提示：此处的 apathy 是名词，表示缺乏情绪或动力的冷漠状态。
Voter apathy often leads to low turnout in local elections.
用法提示：apathy 作为名词，在这里指对政治事务缺乏兴趣和热情。
She couldn't hide her apathy during the long meeting.
用法提示：apathy 用作不可数名词，表示没有兴趣或漠不关心的态度。
apathy towards sth/sb
towards 后接对象；美式英语中常写作 toward。
His apathy towards the project disappointed the whole team.
他对这个项目的冷漠让整个团队失望。
apathy about sth
about 后接话题，与 towards 意思相近，但更强调对具体议题的态度。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- voter apathy
- 选民冷漠
- Voter apathy often leads to low turnout in elections.选民冷漠常常导致选举投票率低。
- public apathy
- 公众冷漠
- The campaign failed due to public apathy.由于公众冷漠，这项运动失败了。
- widespread apathy
- 普遍的冷漠
- There is widespread apathy among young people towards politics.年轻人对政治普遍冷漠。
- apathy towards
- 对……的冷漠
- His apathy towards his studies worried his parents.他对学习的冷漠让父母担心。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆：a + path + y，想象走在一条路上却对周围毫无兴趣，冷漠地走完——apathy 即冷漠、缺乏兴趣。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、political commentary、psychology、news reporting apathy 多用于正式或书面语境，如学术讨论、新闻报道和社会评论，表示“冷漠”或“缺乏兴趣”。日常口语中较少出现，比较常见于严肃或分析性表达。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhyme with apathy. They share the spelling ending -pathy, but apathy is stressed on the first syllable (/ˈæpəθi/), so it sounds different from empathy (/ˈɛmpəθi/), sympathy (/ˈsɪmpəθi/), and telepathy / antipathy (stress on the second syllable).
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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