half-hearted

英 [ˌhɑːf ˈhɑːtɪd]

美 [ˌhæf ˈhɑːrtɪd]

adj.  不热心的; 不尽力的; 冷淡的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 不热心的；不尽力的；冷淡的
  done without enthusiasm or effort
  1. He made a half-hearted attempt to justify himself.
     他没有尽力证明自己有理。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 半心半意的;不热心的
  If someone does something in ahalf-heartedway, they do it without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm.
  1. Joanna had made one or two half-hearted attempts to befriend Graham's young wife.
     乔安娜曾有一两次敷衍着去帮助格雷厄姆年轻的妻子。
  2. ...a half-hearted apology...
     不诚挚的道歉
  3. In truth, her application was a bit half-hearted.
     事实上，她并没有尽力申请。

英英释义

adj

• feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
  1. a halfhearted effort
  2. gave only lukewarm support to the candidate
  Synonym:halfheartedtepidlukewarm

双语例句

• Government action has been half-hearted and uncoordinated.
  政府行动半心半意，组织不力。
• But the effort is defensive and half-hearted.
  但这种努力是防御性的，而且半心半意。
• He made a half-hearted attempt to justify himself.
  他没有尽力证明自己有理。
• Joanna had made one or two half-hearted attempts to befriend Graham's young wife.
  乔安娜曾有一两次敷衍着去帮助格雷厄姆年轻的妻子。
• Indeed, it is far more likely to lose money through half-hearted interventions than through forceful interventions that succeed.
  实际上，半心半意的干预比强有力并且成功的干预更容易招致损失。
• And Nicolas Sarkozy, the most promising candidate of the centre-right, might well drop his half-hearted support for the merger.
  最有希望获胜的中右翼总统候选人尼古拉斯•萨尔科奇对这次合并的原本就暧昧，他也完全有彻底放弃对它的支持。
• In Buffalo or Missoula, a20-inch snowfall might get a half-hearted shrug.
  在布法罗或密苏拉，一场20英尺厚的降雪可能得到一次不感兴趣的耸肩。
• You must admit you've never loved her wholeheartedly and half-hearted love is worse than none.
  你必须承认，你从来也没有全心全意地爱过她，而半调子的爱比没有爱更坏。
• The BoJ's discomfort explains why, on Tuesday December1st, it made what analysts considered to be a half-hearted attempt to reflate the Japanese economy and weaken the yen.
  十二月一日星期二，日本银行不情愿地解释了原因，分析家认为这并不是一心一意的去复舒日本经济和剥弱日元的尝试。
• His efforts, the Duke recollected many years later, were distinctly half-hearted.
  据公爵许多年之后的回忆，他当时明显只是敷衍了事。