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nonchalance

/non-shuh-lahns, non-shuh-lahns, -luhns/US // ˌnɒn ʃəˈlɑns, ˈnɒn ʃəˌlɑns, -ləns //

淡定,淡然,无所谓,淡定从容

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or quality of being nonchalant; cool indifference or lack of concern; casualness.

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Examples

  • Then again, such keep-calm-and-carry-on nonchalance is vintage Bloomberg.

  • I thought his nonchalance suggested that he failed to grasp the gravity of his situation.

  • Her eighth-grade nonchalance was the sort of reaction the novelist William Gaddis might have admired.

  • This is not a time to manipulate or skulk into situations sideways, attempting to give a false impression of nonchalance.

  • The girls teetered in their too-high heels and tittered with excitement, while the boys feigned a cool nonchalance.

  • He was obviously beginning to be afraid; so Eric assumed an air of nonchalance, and played the part of protector.

  • It was amusing to see with what good humor and nonchalance the colored people and the soldiers regarded the conflagration.

  • Stella's nonchalance alarmed him more and more deeply as he began to look back at his own life and to survey his wasted years.

  • In professional nonchalance, no man exceeded our vice-admiral.

  • I popped away with great nonchalance, but husbanding my ammunition and popping only a single cracker at a time.