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单词 listless
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listless

/ˈlɪs(t)ləs /
adjective
(Of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm: bouts of listless depression...
  • On Sunday, they were listless throughout and the two goal winning margin is a flattering one from their perspective.
  • I was listless, too sick and weak to say much of anything to defend myself.
  • She was listless, helpless, but not suicidal, and used cocaine sporadically.

Synonyms

lethargic, enervated, lackadaisical, spiritless, unenergetic, lifeless, vigourless, lacking energy, limp, effete;
languid, languorous, languishing, inactive, inert, sluggish, torpid, supine, half-hearted, lukewarm, indifferent, uninterested, impassive;
indolent, idle, apathetic, shiftless, slothful;
passive, dull, heavy

Derivatives

listlessly

/ˈlɪstləsli / adverb ...
  • If our sense of future is weak, we live listlessly.
  • The children nap and watch television while the parents sit listlessly by the filthy pool and demand more ice for their drinks from harried servants.
  • Now she sits listlessly all day long, keeping to herself.

listlessness

/ˈlɪstləsnəs / noun ...
  • Everyone seems to be eaten up by laziness and listlessness.
  • But can't we have a little listlessness in our lives, some sloth, a dollop or two of drowsiness?
  • And now there is this sense of listlessness, this lack of initiative and disorientation, now that no one is giving orders.

Origin

Middle English: from list3 + -less.

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