apathy
noun /ˈæpəθi/
/ˈæpəθi/
[uncountable]- the feeling of not being interested in or enthusiastic about something, or things in general
冷漠;淡漠 - There is widespread apathy among the electorate.
选民普遍态度冷淡。 - public/political/student apathy
公众/政治/学生的冷漠
Topics Politicsc2, Feelingsc2- Such attitudes can only lead to apathy.
这样的态度只能导致冷漠。 - a general apathy towards politics
对于政治普遍的冷淡
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- general
- widespread
- political
- …
- suffer from
- fall into
- sink into
- …
- apathy among
- apathy towards/toward
词源early 17th cent.: from French apathie, via Latin from Greek apatheia, from apathēs ‘without feeling’, from a- ‘without’ + pathos ‘suffering’. - There is widespread apathy among the electorate.