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小词详解 | languid
languid 英 [ˈlæŋɡwɪd] 美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪd]
In “DAD'S ARMY”, a British sitcom about a home-defence force, Sergeant Wilson would often query his commander’s various orders with the languid phrase “Do you think that’s wise, sir?”
有一部英国情景喜剧叫《老爸上战场》,讲述一支国防部队的故事。威尔逊中士在接到指挥官各种各样的命令时总会懒洋洋地反问一句:“长官,您觉得这么做明智吗?”
——《经济学人》But jokes don’t fly right now. And in my eerily languid, palpably tense Manhattan neighborhood, it has been a few days since I heard the music of human laughter.
但现在不流行玩笑了。在我那懒散得可怕、又紧张得很明显的曼哈顿街区里,我已经好几天没听到人类的美妙笑声。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] (指人、举止或姿态)不愿意或表现出不愿意付出体力或努力的
她脸色苍白,倦怠乏力,身体虚弱,好像生了个孩子似的。
She was pale, languid, and weak, as if she had delivered a child.
懒洋洋的一挥手
a languid wave of the hand徐缓从容的声音
a languid voice
Pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes.
他们若有所思地坐着,转动着疲倦的眼睛。
lethargic: affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic torpid: mentally or physically inactive; lethargic indolent: wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy