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    insouciance

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·sou·ci·ance /ɪnˈsuːsiəns/ noun [uncountable] formal  HAPPYa cheerful feeling of not caring or worrying about anything 无忧无虑 SYN nonchalance an air of insouciance 无忧无虑的神态 —insouciant adjective —insouciantly adverb
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    insouciance• For all her apparent insouciance, she was desperately unhappy.    Origin insouciance (1800-1900) French soucier “to trouble”
    in·sou·ci·ance nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus worrying a caring of not feeling cheerful or


    insouciance
    in‧sou‧ci‧ance /ɪnˈsuːsiəns/ noun [uncountable] formal
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: French
     Origin: soucier __to trouble__
    a cheerful feeling of not caring or worrying about anything
       SYN  nonchalance:
        an air of insouciance
    —insouciant adjective
    —insouciantly adverb


    in·sou·ci·anceBrE /ɪnˈsuːsiəns/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈsuːsiəns/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) the state of not being worried about anything 无忧无虑；漫不经心 SYN nonchalance ◆She hid her worries behind an air of insouciance. 她掩饰着自己的烦恼，表现得无忧无虑。🔊🔊▸ in·sou·ci·ant BrE /ɪnˈsuːsiənt/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈsuːsiənt/ 🔊 adjective