callous

英 [ˈkæləs] 美 [ˈkæləs]

adj.  冷酷无情的; 无同情心的; 冷漠的
vt.  (使)变硬; (使)起茧; (使)冷酷无情

现在分词:callousing过去式:calloused第三人称单数:callouses过去分词:calloused

TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14171 / COCA.16457



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 冷酷无情的;无同情心的;冷漠的
    not caring about other people's feelings or suffering
    1. a callous killer/attitude/act
      冷血杀手;漠不关心的态度;冷酷的行为
    2. a callous disregard for the feelings of others
      对他人感情的漠视

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 无情的;冷漠的;狠心的
    A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
    1. ...his callous disregard for human life.
      他对人命的漠视

双语例句

  1. The callous couple milked money from a hospital charity to fund a lavish lifestyle.
    为了过上奢靡的生活,这对冷漠无情的夫妇竟然贪污医院的慈善基金。
  2. I don't wish to sound callous, but I am glad I wasn't here
    我不想让自己的话听上去麻木不仁,但我真的很庆幸我当时没在这儿。
  3. The colonists massacred thousands of natives with brutal and callous force.
    殖民者惨绝人寰地屠杀了成千的土著居民。
  4. You are being rather callous.
    你真狠心。
  5. I thought they were callous vampires until I either made them smile or received the offers.
    我认为他们就是无情的吸血鬼,除非我能让他们发笑,或者获得他们的工作邀请。
  6. To make or become callous.
    变硬使变硬或变硬结茧。
  7. Such an approach is not necessarily callous or insensitive.
    这样的做法未必就是冷酷无情或麻木不仁。
  8. That is callous nonsense.
    这是冷酷无情的胡说八道。
  9. The guard was characterized by journalist as a callous guy.
    记者将看守员描绘成一个无情的人。
  10. A callous indifference to the suffering of others.
    对他人之痛苦漠不关心的铁石心肠的人。
  11. In his whole miserable, messed-up life he'd never considered anything so callous as kidnaping.
    在他悲惨、混乱的一生中,他从未想到过像绑架这样冷酷无情的事。
  12. Is that you allow me realize know love this thing, Four characters: It is ever callous!
    是你让我明白爱情这东西,四个字:冷酷到底!
  13. The outcome of the story is always better, always destiny callous, but I am fresh.
    故事里的结局总是美好的,命运总是无情的,而我则是鲜活的。
  14. He was petulant, selfish, arrogant and occasionally callous.
    他任性、自私、傲慢、有时候还很冷酷。
  15. He is callous about the safety of his workers.
    他对他工人的安全毫不关心。
  16. Walden shook his callous hand.
    沃尔登握了握他那长满老茧的手。
  17. Men of feeling may at any moment be killed outright by the iniquitous and the callous.
    多愁善感的人会立即被罪恶的人和无情的人彻底消灭。
  18. A callous disregard for human life and the environment.
    对人类生命和环境的麻木不仁。
  19. He was arrogant and occasionally callous.
    他很傲慢,有时还很冷酷无情。
  20. They are irresponsible and callous and are endangering the well-being of many Chinese and other people of the world.
    他们冷酷无情的,毫无责任感得让很多中国人和世界其他国家的人处在危险中。
  21. One might be outraged by his callous selfishness.
    他的冷酷,自私能叫人气得火冒三丈。
  22. Question: Why are we so callous to each other in spite of all the suffering it involves?
    问:为什么我们互相如此冷酷,即使导致了这些痛苦?
  23. Joy: I've seen him with patients and he can be really callous.
    我看见他对待病人,他真的是很无情。
  24. Krishnamurti: Why am I or why are you callous to another man's suffering?
    克:为什么我或你对人类的痛苦如此冷酷?
  25. We are callous because we have become dull to suffering, we have dulled our minds through escapes.
    我们冷漠是因为我们变得对痛苦迟钝,我们通过逃避使我们的心意变得迟钝。
  26. I made a judgment call that was callous and bigoted.
    我做了一个残酷而固执的判断。
  27. Are you really as shallow and callous as you seem?
    你真的像你看上去那样浅薄无情吗?
  28. Now I see that you are callous and treacherous.
    现在我可看清了,你是个冷酷无情,居心叵测的家伙。
  29. So, art could be so callous.
    原来,艺术可以如此冷酷。
  30. Only a callous person can see suffering without trying to change it.
    只有麻木不仁的人能见苦难而不试著改变它。

英英释义

verb

  1. make insensitive or callous

      Synonym:    cauterizecauterise

    adj

    1. emotionally hardened
      1. a callous indifference to suffering
      2. cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion

      Synonym:    induratepachydermatous

    2. having calluses
      1. calloused skin
      2. with a workman's callous hands

      Synonym:    callousedthickened