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

• But the effort is defensive and half-hearted.
  但这种努力是防御性的，而且半心半意。
• 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。
• Attempts to sign big names like Deco or Franck Ribery have been half-hearted.
  对于要签入大牌球星，比如德科或者里贝里，都是三心二意。
• When you know the time in their hands always be only so much, does not allow room for any half-hearted, doomed not escape it.
  当你知道自己手中的时间永远只有那么多，容不得有任何敷衍的余地，注定无法逃脱。
• Already, the international attitude towards Mr Kim is turning from half-hearted engagement to what is already being called "malign neglect".
  国际社会对于金先生的态度，已经从心不在焉的接触转向人们所称的“袖手旁观”。
• The welcome was surprisingly warm and the boos, when they eventually came, half-hearted and pantomime.
  不过球迷的欢迎令人惊讶地温暖，而嘘声最终到来时只是半心半意和像默剧一般的。
• 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。
• His apology seemed to me to be half-hearted.
  我觉得他的道歉是不真诚的。
• It finally surfaced in a half-hearted way as a Tablet OS called MeeGo, before it finally got killed.
  最后，在寿终正寝之前，该项目以平板电脑操作系统MeeGo这一半吊子的形式出现。
• The combination of a half-hearted financial support programme and dogmatism are reasons why even perfectly rational Greek MPs might end up voting No tomorrow.
  欧盟半心半意的财政支持项目加上教条主义，解释了为何即便是完全理性的议员也有可能在周二投反对票。