nonchalant

英 [ˈnɒnʃələnt]

美 [ˌnɑːnʃəˈlɑːnt]

adj.  若无其事的; 冷静的; 漠不关心的

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Collins.1 / BNC.24264 / COCA.20830

牛津词典

adj.

• 若无其事的；冷静的；漠不关心的
  behaving in a calm and relaxed way; giving the impression that you are not feeling any anxiety
  1. to appear/look/sound nonchalant
     显得 / 看上去 / 听起来满不在乎的样子
  2. ‘It'll be fine,’ she replied, with a nonchalant shrug.
     她若无其事地耸耸肩说：“会好的。”

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无动于衷的;漠不关心的
  If you describe someone asnonchalant, you mean that they appear not to worry or care about things and that they seem very calm.
  1. Clark's mother is nonchalant about her role in her son's latest work...
     克拉克的母亲对自己在儿子最新作品中的角色漠不关心。
  2. Denis tried to look nonchalant and uninterested...
     丹尼斯竭力表现出漠不关心、不感兴趣的样子。
  3. It merely underlines our rather more nonchalant attitude to life.
     这仅仅是更凸显了我们相当漠然的生活态度。

英英释义

adj

• marked by blithe unconcern
  1. an ability to interest casual students
  2. showed a casual disregard for cold weather
  3. an utterly insouciant financial policy
  4. an elegantly insouciant manner
  5. drove his car with nonchalant abandon
  6. was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner
  Synonym:casualinsouciant

双语例句

• With a nonchalant stroll and a whistle, the US president walked past another set of locked French doors before he was finally able to gain access to his seat of power.
  总统先生淡定地踱一圈步、吹了声口哨，经过一排同样被锁起来的法式落地窗门，最终进入办公室、回到自己的宝座。
• He immediately remarked with the most nonchalant air.
  他接着就装出十分冷静的模样说了话。
• Schroer's nonchalant attitude might come from his26-year career as a test and development driver at the in East Liberty, Ohio, or his hobby of racing cars.
  施罗尔的冷淡态度可能源于他作为一名汽车测试及开发车手已经26年了，或者是由于他本身的业余爱好就是赛车。他一直在俄亥俄州东自由市的交通研究中心工作。
• Denis tried to look nonchalant and uninterested
  丹尼斯竭力表现出漠不关心、不感兴趣的样子。
• A nonchalant approach will be far more enticing.
  记住，实实在在的你将会更具吸引力；
• If someone is hesitant to give you additional responsibility, it's probably because you've been nonchalant with the responsibilities you already have.
  如果有人在给你额外的责任时出现了犹豫，那么大概是因为你一直对你已经拥有的责任毫无所谓。
• How could he be so nonchalant with the memory of such a night as they had spent?
  在他们度过的那么一个晚上还记忆犹新时，他怎么能这样若无其事呢？
• She carried herself very well, and I completely admired the fact that it was so nonchalant.
  她举止端庄，我非常敬佩这样的坦然。
• She was so nonchalant, so defiant.
  她是这么无所谓，这么大胆无畏。
• He may intend to show the different life style, instead of living the simple, easy and nonchalant life.
  他可能已经不是以为了自己沉稳，宁静，平易恬淡生活为目的在考量，而是故意表现出与众不同的生活方式。