phlegmatic
英 [fleg'm?t?k]
美 [fl?ɡ'm?t?k]
助記提示
1、flame => flam- => flem- => flegm- => phlegm- + -atic => phlegmatic.
2、該詞字面含義是：受溫度、熱度影響的一種體液，而中世紀醫學認為，那種溫度、熱度很低的體液會導致冷漠、冷淡；因此該詞引申為：冷漠、冷淡。
中文詞源
phlegmatic 冷淡的，遲鈍的，冷靜的，鎮定的來自phlegm,冷淡，遲鈍，冷靜，鎮定。
英文詞源
- phlegmatic (adj.)
- "cool, calm, self-possessed," and in a more pejorative sense, "cold, dull, apathetic," 1570s, from literal sense "abounding in phlegm (as a bodily humor)" (mid-14c., fleumatik), from Old French fleumatique (13c., Modern French flegmatique), from Late Latin phlegmaticus, from Greek phlegmatikos "abounding in phlegm" (see phlegm).
A verry flewmatike man is in the body lustles, heuy and slow. [John of Trevisa, translation of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]
雙語例句
- 1. He is too still, unmoved, phlegmatic to be happy.
- 他太安靜 、 太冷淡,太不動感情, 因而郁郁不歡.
來自辭典例句
- 2. The mathematician , Yurchenko , was a stubby , phlegmatic , shrewd person.
- 數學教師 尤爾欽科 是個矮胖的, 冷漠而機靈的人.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The British character is often said to be phlegmatic.
- 英國人的性格常說成是冷漠的.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Commuting in the rush - hour requires a phlegmatic temperament.
- 在上下班交通高峰期間乘坐通勤車要有安之若素的心境.
來自辭典例句
- 5. A tear moistened the eye of the phlegmatic Englishman.
- 那英國人雖然平時極不易動感情,這時卻也兩眼濕潤了.
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