英语词汇“half-hearted”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Use the adjective half-hearted to describe someone whose heart is not really in what they are doing.

If you're a half-hearted member of your school marching band, you're not very excited about playing your tuba during halftime at football games. You might show up for awkward family dinners with your strange cousins, but you don't look forward to it and you can't wait until it's over. You're a half-hearted participant, and when your weird relatives leave, you probably give a half-hearted wave goodbye. The word can also be spelled "halfhearted."

WORD FAMILY

half-hearted

USAGE EXAMPLES

We now live in a world of half-hearted Curb imitators, all labouring under the delusion that Curb was nothing but floridly improvised swearwords.

The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016)

Cautious to the end, even Obama’s UN demarche on Friday was half-hearted.

The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016)

But because its ruling looks half-hearted—it imposed no fine or prison term—she may find a way to keep her post at the fund.

Economist(Dec 19, 2016)

adj feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm

Syn

halfhearted, lukewarm, tepid
unenthusiastic

not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor

单词	half-hearted
释义	half-hearted (once / 5913 pages) adj Use the adjective half-hearted to describe someone whose heart is not really in what they are doing. If you're a half-hearted member of your school marching band, you're not very excited about playing your tuba during halftime at football games. You might show up for awkward family dinners with your strange cousins, but you don't look forward to it and you can't wait until it's over. You're a half-hearted participant, and when your weird relatives leave, you probably give a half-hearted wave goodbye. The word can also be spelled "halfhearted." WORD FAMILY half-hearted USAGE EXAMPLES We now live in a world of half-hearted Curb imitators, all labouring under the delusion that Curb was nothing but floridly improvised swearwords. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Cautious to the end, even Obama’s UN demarche on Friday was half-hearted. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) But because its ruling looks half-hearted—it imposed no fine or prison term—she may find a way to keep her post at the fund. Economist(Dec 19, 2016) adj feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm Syn halfhearted, lukewarm, tepid unenthusiastic not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor
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