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lassitude

/las-i-tood, -tyood/US // ˈlæs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud //UK // (ˈlæsɪˌtjuːd) //

倦怠,倦怠症,倦怠感,懈怠

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor: It was yet another day of extreme heat and lassitude.
    • : a condition of lazy indifference: Democracy is hard work, and demands that citizens not drift into lassitude.

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Examples

  • A quarter of Iran’s population is under the age of 14, close to half are under the age of 40, and almost all are struggling at a time of severe financial austerity and deep political lassitude toward their government, but also forces abroad.

  • Everything about his behavior—his lassitude, his habitual indifference—makes more sense when you know his circumstances.

  • That immense ambition is gone, replaced by detachment and lassitude.

  • The good news is that the departure of Berlusconi could be a tonic that awakens Italy from a stupor of lassitude and indifference.

  • In fact, they are the universal wardrobe shorthand for sloth and lassitude.

  • Sweatpants are the universal wardrobe shorthand for sloth and lassitude.

  • It combats ennui, lassitude, and intolerable vacuity, soothing the nerves and diverting attention from self.

  • A feeling of lassitude possesses me, my feet drag heavily, and I experience great difficulty in mastering my sleepiness.

  • His mind seems to have become clouded, and the lassitude and ennui his work caused him is everywhere apparent.

  • Without doubt it was the effect of extreme lassitude, occasioned by continual thought and watchfulness.

  • There is experienced a feeling of lassitude, of being “easily tired out,” and a distaste for active exertion.