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外刊例句
- In “DAD’S ARMY”, a British sitcom about a home-defence force, Sergeant Wilson would often query his commander’s various orders with the languid phrase “Do you think that’s wise, sir?”
有一部英国情景喜剧叫《老爸上战场》,讲述一支国防部队的故事。威尔逊中士在接到指挥官各种各样的命令时总会懒洋洋地反问一句:“长官,您觉得这么做明智吗?”
——《经济学人》 - But jokes don’t fly right now. And in my eerily languid, palpably tense Manhattan neighborhood, it has been a few days since I heard the music of human laughter.
但现在不流行玩笑了。在我那懒散得可怕、又紧张得很明显的曼哈顿街区里,我已经好几天没听到人类的美妙笑声。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[adjective] (of a person, manner, or gesture) having or showing a disinclination for physical exertion or effort
[形容词] (指人、举止或姿态)不愿意或表现出不愿意付出体力或努力的
深入解读
Languid 一词与 小词详解 | languish 不仅形似,而且同源,都是出自拉丁语 languere (虚弱、微弱),其基本含义是指“软弱无力的、倦怠的”,比如:
- 她脸色苍白,倦怠乏力,身体虚弱,好像生了个孩子似的。
She was pale, languid, and weak, as if she had delivered a child.
不过 languid 现在更多的是形容人“慢悠悠的、慵懒的”,强调动作非常缓慢和随意,甚至带有一丝优雅,比如:
- 懒洋洋的一挥手
a languid wave of the hand - 徐缓从容的声音
a languid voice
名人用例
Pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes.
他们若有所思地坐着,转动着疲倦的眼睛。
出自英国诗人约翰·济慈(John Keats,1795年10月31日-1821年2月23日)。他与雪莱、拜伦齐名,被人们推崇为欧洲浪漫主义运动的杰出代表。
常见短语
“languid”通常用来表示疲倦的、无精打采的、慢悠悠的。
以下是50个包含单词“languid”的短语,以及它们的中文解释:
- languid expression: 倦意的表情
- languid movement: 懒洋洋的动作
- languid demeanor: 无精打采的举止
- languid pace: 缓慢的步伐
- languid atmosphere: 悠闲的氛围
- languid mood: 慵懒的情绪
- languid voice: 轻柔的声音
- languid posture: 懒散的姿势
- languid walk: 慢吞吞的走路
- languid behavior: 懒散的行为
- languid gaze: 慵懒的凝视
- languid rest: 舒适的休息
- languid afternoon: 安逸的下午
- languid day: 悠闲的一天
- languid summer: 慵懒的夏天
- languid morning: 昏昏欲睡的早晨
- languid pace: 缓慢的步伐
- languid routine: 懒散的日常
- languid posture: 慵懒的姿势
- languid attitude: 懒散的态度
- languid movement: 缓慢的动作
- languid air: 舒适的空气
- languid walk: 悠闲的散步
- languid afternoon: 安逸的午后
- languid pace: 懒洋洋的步伐
- languid tone: 轻柔的音调
- languid spirit: 倦意的精神
- languid mood: 懒散的情绪
- languid expression: 缓和的表情
- languid movement: 悠闲的动作
- languid pace: 缓慢的速度
- languid demeanor: 倦容的举止
- languid voice: 轻柔的声音
- languid posture: 慢悠悠的姿势
- languid gaze: 懒洋洋的凝视
- languid rest: 舒适的休息
- languid atmosphere: 悠然的氛围
- languid mood: 倦意的情绪
- languid afternoon: 慵懒的下午
- languid day: 安逸的一天
- languid summer: 懒散的夏季
- languid morning: 昏昏欲睡的早晨
- languid pace: 缓慢的步伐
- languid routine: 倦怠的日常
- languid posture: 懒散的姿态
- languid attitude: 无精打采的态度
- languid movement: 缓慢的动作
- languid air: 舒适的空气
- languid walk: 悠闲的散步
- languid afternoon: 安逸的午后
同近义词
- lethargic: affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic
- torpid: mentally or physically inactive; lethargic
- indolent: wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy