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

• 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。
• She was so nonchalant, so defiant.
  她是这么无所谓，这么大胆无畏。
• I am amazed that you can be so nonchalant about the coming test when everyone else is so worried.
  每个人都担心即将来临的考试时，你却毫不在乎，真令我惊讶。
• 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。
• 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。
• One should not take an indifferent ( or nonchalant) attitude towards questions of principle.
  对原则问题不应采取无可无不可的态度。
• 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。
• Stepping out from behind a pillar, we mounted the ladder at the end of the platform, nonchalant and disinterested, as if we did this sort of thing every day.
  我们从柱子后面出来快步走到月台前面的尽头，然后装成这种事情每天做惯了没什麽意思的样子步上铁梯，越过栅栏。
• Natasha suddenly, as it were, shrank into herself, and unconsciously assumed a nonchalant air, which repelled Princess Marya more and more.
  娜塔莎忽然精神萎靡不振，说话时带着不太客气的腔调，这就使得她和公爵小姐玛丽亚更疏远了。
• 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。