a cold-hearted + noun
作定语时通常放在名词前，用来形容人或行为冷酷无情。
She plays a cold-hearted villain in the film.
她在电影中饰演一个冷酷无情的反派。
冷酷无情的；铁石心肠的
冷酷无情的；无同情心的；铁石心肠的；冷心肠的；冷漠的；冷淡的
冷酷无情的；无同情心的；铁石心肠的
Without sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless.
The cold-hearted boss fired the employee without any sympathy.
那个冷漠的老板毫无同情心地解雇了员工。
用法提示：这里的cold-hearted修饰boss，表示老板冷酷无情，没有同情心。
She gave a cold-hearted reply to his sincere apology.
她对他真诚的道歉给予了冷淡的回应。
用法提示：cold-hearted修饰reply，表明回应缺乏温暖和感情。
It was cold-hearted of him to ignore the homeless man on the street.
他无视街上的流浪汉，真是冷酷无情。
用法提示：cold-hearted用作表语，描述他的行为冷漠无情。
作定语时通常放在名词前，用来形容人或行为冷酷无情。
She plays a cold-hearted villain in the film.
她在电影中饰演一个冷酷无情的反派。
作表语说明主语的性质，可搭配 seem、become 等系动词。
He seemed cold-hearted when he refused to help.
他拒绝帮忙时显得冷酷无情。
后接 towards 或 to 引出对象，说明对谁冷酷无情。
The manager was cold-hearted towards the laid-off workers.
经理对下岗工人冷酷无情。
用 it 作形式主语，of sb 指出行为主体，to do sth 说明具体行为。
It was cold-hearted of him to laugh at her mistake.
他嘲笑她的错误，真是冷酷无情。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is a cold-heart woman.
正确表达She is a cold-hearted woman.
cold-hearted 是由名词 heart 加 -ed 构成的复合形容词，不能省略 -ed 写成 cold-heart；修饰 woman 时要保留 -ed。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a cold-hearted.
正确表达He is cold-hearted.
cold-hearted 是形容词，不能单独放在冠词 a 后作名词；删去 a 后，形容词直接作表语，意思不变。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is more colder-hearted than her sister.
正确表达She is colder-hearted than her sister.
colder-hearted 已经用 -er 构成比较级，不能再加 more；去掉 more 后比较级形式才正确。
heartless 语气更重，强调完全没有同情心、近乎残忍，多用于谴责人的本性；cold-hearted 侧重对他人苦难冷淡、不肯给予同情，可指性格也可指一时态度，两者常可互换。
callous 强调因见惯他人痛苦而变得无动于衷，常针对对具体苦难的反应；cold-hearted 更泛指缺乏温情与同情，不强调“变得麻木”这一过程。
indifferent 只是不感兴趣、不在意，不含残忍或谴责意味；cold-hearted 带有明确的贬义，指缺乏同情心、待人冷酷。
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