| 释义 |
blasé, a.|ˈblɑːzeɪ|
[Fr.; pa. pple. of blaser to exhaust by enjoyment, a modern word of unknown etymol.: see Littré, Scheler.]
a. Exhausted by enjoyment, weary and disgusted with it; used up.
1819Byron Juan xii. lxxxi, A little ‘blasé’—'tis not to be wonder'd At, that his heart had got a tougher rind. 1860All. Y. Round No. 46. 474 Blasé, knowing airs. 1884Lady Verney in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 554 The somewhat blasé, artificial, conventional stage of [society] in the old world.
b. Bored or unimpressed through over-familiarity; insensitive, supercilious.
1930N. Coward Private Lives i. 2 Don't laugh at me, you mustn't be blasé about honeymoons just because this is your second. 1962M. Tweedy in Mirfield Ess. Christian Belief iii. ii. 170 The Romans of the Empire were far too cynical and blasé to worship anything. 1978Radio Times 18 Mar. 77/2, I potted them up and for a time was quite blasé about the whole business of gardening. 1984N.Y. Times 1 Jan. i. 18/3 You don't feel so blasé anymore going out on your [firefighting] calls. |