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单词 apathy
释义
apathyap‧a‧thy /ˈæpəθi/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINapathy
Origin:
1600-1700 Greek apatheia, from a- ‘without’ + pathos ‘feeling’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Authoritarian management often leads to apathy among employees.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Dimitri Volkov was in a fog of mental apathy and confusion.
  • I have heard therapists say matter-of-factly that in old people, withdrawal, depression, and apathy are normal.
  • Many health education campaigns are still greeted with apathy.
  • The constant repetition of an untruth did not make anyone believe, but it could batter the brain into unthinking apathy.
  • The fatalistic apathy that this creates becomes a part of the induced passivity that I have seen in thousands of illiterate adults.
  • Then there will come the tears and despair of apathy.
  • There is apathy within the A&R departments of major record companies.
  • Worker apathy has been and remains rampant.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Yet there is still a public apathy.· Critics credited big money and news media for the public apathy.· Or will the growth, rapid so far, falter on public apathy or distrust?· What can average citizens do in the midst of such public apathy and lean government support?
the feeling of not being interested in something, and not willing to make any effort to change or improve things:  The campaign failed because of public apathy.
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