| 单词 | cavalier |
| 释义 | cavalier (kævəlɪəʳ ) adjective If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation. [disapproval] The Editor takes a cavalier attitude to the concept of fact checking. Synonyms: offhand, lordly, arrogant, lofty Collocations: cavalier approach His cavalier approach to the hiring and firing of senior staff became legendary. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Most organisations can be accused of a cavalier approach to where the money goes. The Sun (2013) Their cavalier approach means I do not expect them to finish there. The Sun (2011) Her cavalier disregard for the law is not one of them. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Her cavalier disregard for money caused headaches. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The public should be thankful that some MPs have a conscience and not a cavalier disregard of democracy. Times, Sunday Times (2007) They behaved in a cavalier fashion and caused resentment. Times, Sunday Times Odd, no doubt, (and highly irritating) to find yourself stereotyped in such cavalier fashion, but there are compensations. Times, Sunday Times She embarks on this adventure into 'the art of being alone' in cavalier fashion, not realising quite how bad it would get. Times, Sunday Times It seems extraordinary that the most vulnerable are treated in this cavalier fashion. Times, Sunday Times It seems hard to believe that a quoted company was being run in quite such a cavalier fashion. Times, Sunday Times Taxpayers will be appalled at the cavalier way money was spent. The Sun (2010) So a school that treats pupils in a cavalier way is unlikely to make a profit for long. Times, Sunday Times (2012) More disturbing in the quotation is the rather cavalier way it seems to sort lives into the meaningful and the meaningless. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) Translations: Chinese: 目空一切的 Japanese: むとんじゃくな |
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