2020年2月23日 星期日

revolted, lukewarm, indifference, tepid, insouciance

Most people were revolted at how a French politician's sex tape was exposed and at the Russian artist who released it, not at the tape itself

Lauren Bacall died a year ago today, aged 89. She was only 19 when she made her Hollywood debut in “To Have And Have Not” (1944), but there wasn't a trace of girlish insecurity about her performance. Her strong-jawed beauty and immaculate styling help, of course, but it’s her insouciance that’s remarkable. http://econ.st/1IWaTG6
Studio-era siren
Lauren Bacall, an actress, died on August 12th, aged 89 Lauren Bacall worked as a model in New York before being brought to Hollywood by Howard Hawks who handled her...
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insouciance (noun) Blithe lack of concern; nonchalance.
Synonyms:carefreeness, lightheartedness, lightsomeness
Usage:He replied with characteristic insouciance, "So what?"

  • 発音記号[insúːsiəns]
  • [名][U]((形式))心配[苦労]のないこと, のんき, 無関心, むとんじゃく.
[フランス語]



lukewarm (REACTION) Show phonetics
adjective DISAPPROVIN
Gnot enthusiastic or interested:
Her proposals got a lukewarm response.



■魯克溫世代
翅膀製作中 許昕  (20080709)

在建築設計之中,有所謂的 program與 concept。新世紀的來臨,建築突破過去規制、發展出新的型態以配合過去前所未聞的對應方式的作品一一誕 生……,─如同這個資訊爆炸混亂的世代,一切都呈現允許推翻前提的面貌。此時,最厲害的角色,當然就是掌握漂亮的 concept,推翻過去的基本設定,自 己架設出全新的 program,建構出另一種願景,再以建築手法,實現它。

魯克溫 為 下字怪譯

lukewarm

(lūk'wôrm') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Mildly warm; tepid.
  2. Lacking conviction or enthusiasm; indifferent: gave only lukewarm support to the incumbent candidate.
Her proposals got a lukewarm response.

indifferent (NOT INTERESTED
adjective
not caring about or interested in someone or something:
Why don't you vote - how can you be so indifferent (to what is going on)!
He found it very hard teaching a class full of indifferent teenagers.

indifference
noun [U]
Many native speakers of a language show indifference to/towards grammatical points.
His attitude was one of bored indifference.

indifferently 
adverb
She shrugged indifferently.

in・dif・fer・ent

━━ a. 無関心な, 冷淡な ((to, toward)); 公平な, 中立の; 良くも悪くもない, 平凡な; どうでもよい; あまりうまくない, へたな; 【化・電気】中性の.
in・difference, in・differency ━━ n.
in・dif・fer・ent・ism ━━ n. (宗教的な)無関心主義.
in・dif・fer・ent・ist ━━ n.
in・dif・fer・ent・ly ━━ ad. 無関心に, 冷淡に; 平凡に.

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