adjective

half-hearted

不熱心的, 敷衍的, 半心半意的

He made a half-hearted attempt to clean his room.

他半心半意地試圖打掃他的房間。

Her apology sounded half-hearted.

她的道歉聽起來很敷衍。

a half-hearted ((noun)) 半心半意的…… She gave a half-hearted smile.

to be half-hearted about ((sth.)) 對……不熱心 He was half-hearted about the project.

同義詞: unenthusiastic, apathetic; 反義詞: wholehearted, enthusiastic

由“half”(一半)+“heart”(心)+“-ed”組成。字面意思是只用了一半的感情或興趣去做某事。

想像做某事時只投入了「半顆心」,表示缺乏熱情。

本頁面旨在提供學習支援。請將其作為學習參考,而非正式詞典使用。