Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #22879
nonchalantly
若无其事地；漫不经心地；不露声色地
in a nonchalant manner; appearing calm and unconcerned
- 1.
In a nonchalant manner.
漫不经心地；若无其事地
漫不经心地；若无其事地；漠不关心地；无动于衷地
In use
She nonchalantly shrugged off the criticism and continued with her work.
He nonchalantly walked past the barking dog as if it weren't there.
When asked about the missing report, he nonchalantly replied that he had forgotten it.
nonchalantly + verb
副词置于动词前，强调动作的方式。
He nonchalantly walked past the crowd.
他漠不关心地走过人群。
verb + nonchalantly
副词置于动词后，是常见语序。
She replied nonchalantly to the question.
她无动于衷地回答了问题。
Nonchalantly, + clause
用于句首，修饰整个句子，带有轻松随意的语气。
Nonchalantly, he lit a cigarette and watched the scene.
他漠不关心地点了根烟，看着这一幕。
Common mistakes
She was nonchalantly about the news.She was nonchalant about the news.
非chalantly是副词，不能用作表语形容词；应使用形容词nonchalant修饰主语。
He answered nonchalant to the question.He answered nonchalantly to the question.
非chalant是形容词，不能修饰动词answered；应使用副词nonchalantly。
Connections
Collocations
- said nonchalantly
- 漫不经心地说
- He said nonchalantly that he had won the lottery.他漫不经心地说他中了彩票。
- shrugged nonchalantly
- 若无其事地耸耸肩
- She shrugged nonchalantly when asked about the missing files.当被问及丢失的文件时，她若无其事地耸耸肩。
- replied nonchalantly
- 漫不经心地回答
- He replied nonchalantly to the interviewer's tough question.他漫不经心地回答了面试官的棘手问题。
- walked nonchalantly
- 若无其事地走着
- Despite the noise, she walked nonchalantly past the crowd.尽管一片嘈杂，她还是若无其事地从人群中走过。
- glanced nonchalantly
- 漫不经心地瞥了一眼
- He glanced nonchalantly at the clock during the meeting.会议期间，他漫不经心地瞥了一眼时钟。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：想象有人掉了一百元却若无其事地走开，nonchalantly 就是这种漫不经心的样子。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：fiction、news reporting 该词本身属于中性，没有明显正式或随意的色彩；但通常多用于小说或新闻报道等书面语境，用来描写人物若无其事或漫不经心的态度。日常口语中较少出现，但有需要时也可以使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -antly 结尾，后缀发音相同 /əntli/，但重音音节不同，所以不押韵。注意 nonchalantly 的 ch 发 /ʃ/（像 machine），而不是 /tʃ/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.