"cool, calm, self-possessed," and in a more pejorative sense, "cold, dull, apathetic," 1570s, from literal sense "abounding in phlegm (as a bodily humor)" (mid-14c., fleumatik), from Old French fleumatique (13c., Modern French flegmatique), from Late Latin phlegmaticus, from Greek phlegmatikos "abounding in phlegm" (see phlegm).
A verry flewmatike man is in the body lustles, heuy and slow. [John of Trevisa, translation of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]
实用例句
1. He is too still, unmoved, phlegmatic to be happy.
他太安静 、 太冷淡,太不动感情, 因而郁郁不欢.
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2. The mathematician , Yurchenko , was a stubby , phlegmatic , shrewd person.
数学教师 尤尔钦科 是个矮胖的, 冷漠而机灵的人.
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3. The British character is often said to be phlegmatic.
英国人的性格常说成是冷漠的.
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4. Commuting in the rush - hour requires a phlegmatic temperament.
在上下班交通高峰期间乘坐通勤车要有安之若素的心境.
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5. A tear moistened the eye of the phlegmatic Englishman.
