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单词

apathy

读音
ˈæpəθi
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词根

这个词来自于希腊语 "apathes",由 "a-" (没有) 和 "pathos" (感情, 热情) 组成。"pathos" 是个常见词根,你还可以在同行词语 sympathetic(有同情心的)或 empathetic(有同理心的)中找到它。

释义

n. 冷漠,无兴趣,漠不关心;无感情

例句

They told me about isolation and public apathy.
他们向我讲述了孤立感与公众的冷漠。
Apathy is the long-standing curse of democracy.
冷漠是民主的长期祸根。
There is widespread apathy among the electorate.
选民普遍态度冷淡。

强化记忆

记忆 "apathy" 这个词,你可以联想一下,当一个人对所做的事情没有任何热情(Passion),那他的行为就会让人觉得"A"(一个)-"Pathy"(Passion),也就是没有热情,没有兴趣。"apathy" 这个词在语言中的使用可以追溯到17世纪,现代英语采取了这个词的中性含义,专指对某事缺乏兴趣或热情。在欧美文化中,"apathy" 通常被用作贬义词。

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But as my brilliant friends at the Center for Civic Design say,if there is apathy,it comes from the system,
are more likely to lead to engagement in altruistic behaviorrather than distress and apathy.The more imprints added to the database
but never the greatest evil of all in human beings,and that evil is apathy.So, we know that apathy really costs us a lot,
and energy.So that post-lunch apathy,or late-night alertness you might be feeling,
We must dissent from the indifference.We must dissent from the apathy.We must dissent from the hatred and from the mistrust.
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