callous
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cal·lous /ˈkæləs/ adjective DON'T CAREnot caring that other people are suffering 无情的，冷漠的 We were shocked at the callous disregard for human life. 我们对这种无视人类生命的冷漠感到震惊。 a callous attitude 冷漠的态度 the callous slaughter of seals 对海豹的无情残杀 —callously adverb —callousness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
callous• At such times l thought their laughter callous and hated them.• Nor are undertakers alone in careless and callous behaviour.• This occurs not so much because the engineers are callous, but because of a blinkered approach by all parties.• Call me callous, but I see it as Darwinism.• A slightly callous, but very practical attitude.• The press, in its callous, cynical way, was suspicious of the pro-gram at first and called it pure symbolism.• The company showed callous disregard for the safety of their employees.• Five days afterwards, callous Paul used the same bat to play baseball.• the callous slaughter of thousands of civilians• It may have seemed callous to the nurses, but I desperately needed that time to myself.Origin callous (1300-1400) Old French calleux, from Latin callosus, from callus; → CALLUScal·lous adjectiveChineseSyllable
suffering caring people that are other Corpus not
callous
cal‧lous /ˈkæləs/
adjectivenot caring that other people are suffering:
We were shocked at the callous disregard for human life.
a callous attitude
the callous slaughter of seals
—callously adverb
—callousness noun [uncountable]
cal‧lous /ˈkæləs/
adjectivenot caring that other people are suffering: —callously adverb
—callousness noun [uncountable]