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phlegmatic

英 [fleg'mætɪk] 美[flɛɡ'mætɪk]
  • adj. 冷淡的;迟钝的;冷漠的

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词态变化


副词: phlegmatically;

助记提示


1、flame => flam- => flem- => flegm- => phlegm- + -atic => phlegmatic.
2、该词字面含义是:受温度、热度影响的一种体液,而中世纪医学认为,那种温度、热度很低的体液会导致冷漠、冷淡;因此该词引申为:冷漠、冷淡。

中文词源


phlegmatic 冷淡的,迟钝的,冷静的,镇定的

来自phlegm,冷淡,迟钝,冷静,镇定。

英文词源


phlegmatic (adj.)
"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]

双语例句


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.

来自辞典例句

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.

来自辞典例句

3. The British character is often said to be phlegmatic.
英国人的性格常说成是冷漠的.

来自辞典例句

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.

来自辞典例句

5. A tear moistened the eye of the phlegmatic Englishman.
那英国人虽然平时极不易动感情,这时却也两眼湿润了.

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