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cavalier

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cav·a·lier /ˌkævəˈlɪə◂ $ -ˈlɪr◂/ adjective [usually before noun]  CARELESSnot caring enough about rules, principles, or people’s feelings 满不在乎的,随便的,轻慢的 a cavalier attitude to the laws 对待法律满不在乎的态度
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cavalierThe Clinton administration is less cavalier.Increasingly, this right is treated with cavalier disregard by governments.Newcomers such as the Green Party can not treat the electorate in such a cavalier fashion.During 1661, a new parliament had been called, which was distinctly cavalier in character.Its cavalier treatment of human system factors produces alienation and stifles motivation.A cavalier unconcern about such consequences is too often the response of powerful mental health professionals who create categories of abnormality.Confidence in the decisions of the banks is not helped by the cavalier way in which credit is priced.cavalier attitudeThis cavalier attitude assumes that people know how much inflation to expect.A cavalier attitude to purdah was one thing; for a woman to be seen exposing her nether regions quite another.
nCavalier noun  na supporter of King Charles I against parliament in the English Civil War of the 17th century, in which the Cavaliers fought against the roundheadsOrigin cavalier (1500-1600) French Old Italian cavaliere, from Late Latin caballarius horse-rider, from Latin caballus horse
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cavalier
cavalier /ˌkævəˈlɪə◂ $ -ˈlɪr◂/ adjective [usually before noun]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: French
 Origin: Old Italian cavaliere, from Late Latin caballarius 'horse-rider', from Latin caballus 'horse'
not caring enough about rules, principles, or people’s feelings:
    a cavalier attitude to the laws


Cavalier
Cavalier noun
a supporter of King Charles I against parliament in the English Civil War of the 17th century, in which the Cavaliers fought against the Roundheads


Cava·lierBrE /ˌkævəˈlɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkævəˈlɪr/ 🔊 nouna supporter of the King in the English Civil War (1642–49) 骑士(英格兰内战中支持国王者)   compare Roundhead


cava·lierBrE /ˌkævəˈlɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkævəˈlɪr/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] not caring enough about sth important or about the feelings of other people 漫不经心的;不在乎的The government takes a cavalier attitude to the problems of prison overcrowding. 政府对监狱拥挤不堪的问题不闻不问。🔊🔊 cava·lier·ly BrE /ˌkævəˈlɪəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkævəˈlɪrli/ 🔊 adverb