nonchalant

英 ['n?n?(?)l(?)nt] 美[,nɑn??'lɑnt]

TEM8GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

副詞:?nonchalantly;名詞:?nonchalance;

nonchalant 冷漠的，不熱情的

non-,無，非，-chal,熱的，詞源同calorie.引申詞義不熱的，冷的，不關(guān)心的。

nonchalant: nonchalant: [18] To be nonchalant is etymologically ‘not to get hot under the collar’. The word comes from French nonchalant, an adjective formed with the prefix non- ‘not’ from the present participle of the verb chaloir ‘be concerned’. This goes back ultimately to Latin calēre ‘be hot’ (a relative of English calorie and cauldron).
=> calorie, cauldron, lukewarm
nonchalant (adj.): 1734, from French nonchalant, present participle of nonchaloir "be indifferent to, have no concern for" (13c.), from non- "not" (see non-) + chaloir "have concern for," ultimately from Latin calere "be hot" (see calorie). French chaland "customer, client" is of the same origin. Related: Nonchalantly.

1. Clark's mother is nonchalant about her role in her son's latest work.: 克拉克的母親對自己在兒子最新作品中的角色漠不關(guān)心。

2. Denis tried to look nonchalant and uninterested.: 丹尼斯竭力表現(xiàn)出漠不關(guān)心、不感興趣的樣子。

3. She defeat all her rival for the job with nonchalant ease.: 她從容不迫地?fù)魯∏舐毜乃懈偁幷?

4. He appeared nonchalant in court even when the judge ordered him to pay ￡1000.: 在法庭上,甚至當(dāng)法官命令他賠償一千鎊時,他仍然表現(xiàn)得若無其事.

5. It merely underlines our rather more nonchalant attitude to life.: 這僅僅是更凸顯了我們相當(dāng)漠然的生活態(tài)度。