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单词 callous
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callous

adjective
/ˈkæləs/
/ˈkæləs/
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  1. not caring about other people’s feelings, pain or problems synonym cruel, unfeeling
    • a callous killer/attitude/act
    • a callous disregard for the feelings of others
    Extra Examples
    • He was convicted of the particularly callous murder of two teenage boys.
    • I still can't believe they were so callous.
    • The troops showed a callous disregard for life and property.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCallous is used with these nouns:
    • disregard
    • indifference
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin callosus ‘hard-skinned’.
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