c. 1600, "freedom from suffering," from French apathie (16c.), from Latin apathia, from Greek apatheia "freedom from suffering, impassability, want of sensation," from apathes "without feeling, without suffering or having suffered," from a- "without" (see a- (3)) + pathos "emotion, feeling, suffering" (see pathos). Originally a positive quality; sense of "indolence of mind, indifference to what should excite" is from c. 1733.
实用例句
1. Apathy is the long-standing curse of British local democracy.
冷漠是英国地方民主制度长期以来难以推广的祸根。
来自柯林斯例句
2. There is widespread apathy among the electorate.
选民普遍态度冷淡。
来自《权威词典》
3. We have been worried about her apathy since her husband died.
